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Barnes 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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57
School Work.
3rd EXAMINATIONS.
totals
No. Examined 114
No. Improved 52
No Change 62
Improvement shown is under 50 per cent.
SCHOOL HYGIENE NOTES.
Church of England:
South class-room has no cross-ventilation, and is bounded by
glass screens on two sides.
One of the few schools where paper was found for sanitary
toilet purposes.
The urinals need attention.
Roman Catholic :
Walls damp in East class-room and cloak-room. Floors should
be well sprinkled with a wet disinfectant before being
swept.
Castelnau, Fanny Road:
The light is wrong in one class-room, and the ventilator is bad
in the same room.
Barnes Green:
More play-ground space required.
More class-room accommodation required.
Better lighting.
Caretaker should perform damp sweeping and dusting.
Westfields Girls:
A two-storeyed building.
Cloak-rooms bad, especially downstairs, dark, and insufficient.
Lavatory arrangements poor.
Heating inadequate in two large corner rooms.
Lighting poor downstairs.