Reconstruction Problems in School and Home

Abstract

AN interim report has just been issued by the Electrical Association for Women giving the Association's point of view on post-war reconstruction as affecting education and careers, housing and kitchen planning, and electricity in the home, coupled with the design and performance of electrical apparatus and appliances. So far as education and careers are concerned, it is considered that school buildings must be designed for many age-groups, they should show a high æsthetic standard of design, be of high-grade materials, and pay proper attention to health and comfort. The school should be the centre of juvenile life and a meeting-place for parents and teachers. Greater consideration should be given to domestic subjects both for girls and boys, so that domestic science shall take its rightful place, providing training for new careers in the post-war world and a basis for citizenship. As regards housing and kitchen planning, homes should be designed to meet the varying requirements of different types of occupants- families, single persons, the aged, etc. Public services such as electricity, main water and drainage, and telephones should be universally available.