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Non-Provided Schools.—During the year the playground of
St. Saviour's (C. of E. Boys) has been tar paved, but no playshed for
wet weather has yet been erected.
The remarks in last year's report still apply to the other Schools,
excepting that a slight improvement in the cloak room accommodation
at St. Mary's Infant School has been effected. Much more of a
necessary kind remains to be done.
(a.) HYGIENIC CONDITIONS IN
THE SCHOOLS.
These are on the whole very good and the description given in last
year's report as to lighting, heating, ventilation and sanitation will serve
for 1910.
I have visited the schools at various times throughout the year and
invariably found that they were kept in a cleanly condition and that the
caretakers carried out their duties as laid down in the Education
Committee's Code of Regulations,
These inter alia are :—
(/>) To sweep and dust once every day all the rooms, staircases and
passages, taking care to thoroughly ventilate the premises while this is
being done.
(d) To keep the W.C.'s and urinals thoroughly clean and disinfected
and well flushed twice a day and oftener in hot weather, and to see that
the seats, walls, etc., are kept perfectly clean.
(f) To clean inside of school windows at the same time as the
contractors are cleaning the outside.
(i) To scrub out the school rooms once, at least, a month.
(m) In order to keep the schools thoroughly disinfected and to
prevent the accumulation of dust, damped sawdust mixed with turpentine
and carbolic acid in the summer months is spread over all the
floors every Friday evening.
Sanitation.—During the year every school was visited and
systematically inspected by one of the Sanitary Officers. The following
defects were disclosed and referred to the School authority to be
rectified.
Shernhall Street Defective trap to drain by Girls W.C.
St. Mary's Girls Defective flush cistern, Teachers W.C.
Gamuel Road Infants Defective W.C. pans and traps, defective
manhole cover.
St. Saviour's Infants W.C. wanted cleansing, ventilation insufficient.
St. George's Defective water supply to Boy's W.C. and
urinals, seats of Girls W.C.'s
dilapidated.