§ 25. Mr. MARJORIBANKSasked the President of the Board of Education whether he has obtained records for consideration as to the effect upon the health and vitality of the children of central heating, open-fire heating, or no heating, respectively, in elementary school rooms?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANI have not obtained records on these points, and I should doubt whether they would lead to any modification of the now generally accepted view that, in normal circumstances, some form of central heating is the most suitable system for schools.
§ 26. Mr. MARJORIBANKSasked the President of the Board of Education whether his Department has issued instructions as to the methods of warming elementary school rooms; and whether he proposes to reconsider and improve upon them at an early date?
§ Sir C. TREVELYANApart from the general suggestions contained in the Building Regulations, 1914, the Board have issued no instructions in regard to the heating and ventilation of elementary schools. The question has received the constant attention of local authorities and of the Board, and the Board's officers are always ready to advise on particular proposals; but as the problem is affected by a number of highly technical and varying factors I do not think that any useful purpose would be served by the issue of instructions at the present time.