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Tottenham 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Teachers' Lavatory.—The door of this room should1 be made to
open on to a corridor instead of the teachers' passage.
The roof of the playshed has been repaired.
Infants' Department.
Classrooms.—The walls of room 6 are rough and allow much
dust to accumulate upon the irregularities of their surface. In room 7b
a roof light is needed to improve the lighting.
Cloakrooms.—In the new cloakrooms there is no heating apparatus.
Down Lane School.
The exterior of the school buildings has been re-painted. The
walls, etc., throughout the interior of the school are very, dirty and
require cleaning.
The ventilation in the boys' and infants' departments is unsatisfactory
and should be improved.
Parkhurst Road School.—Gir's' Department.
The heating arrangements are inadequa'e during cold weather,
especially in the rooms facing north.
Infants' Department.
Here too the heating arrangements are inadequate. The school
is very draughty.
The Green School.—Girls (Non-Provided).
The exterior of this school has been repainted.
Classrooms.-—These have a dark dado.
Heating.—The heating arrangements are inadequate. In the north
classroom there is but one fireplace, and a radiator should be provided.
In the main room the heating arrangements should be augmented by
the provision of two radiators.
Cloakrooms.—No provision is made for drying clothes.
Middle Class School.—Girls (Non-Provided).
Classrooms.—Form 3 room: The natural lighting of this room
is not good. It is lit by a window at the back of the room and there