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Edmonton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Latymer School, Maldon Road, Lower Edmonton, for boys. Mr. Jifkin's
lease of the orchard at the back of the National Schools expires in 1910,.
and I hope the opportunity will then be taken to add to the area of the playground,
which is not sufficiently large.
II.— Provided. Seven schools : twenty-six departments.
| Name. | Built. | Departments. | Last Enlarged. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Brettenham Road, Upper Edmonton | 1882 | B.G.I. | 1892 | |
| 2. Croyland Road, Lower Edmonton | 1884 | B.G.J.I. | 1 Hall | 1901 |
| 3. Raynham Road, Upper Edmonton. | 1896 | 4 Halls | 1902 | |
| 4. Eldon Road, Lower Edmonton | 1899 | 4 „ | ... | |
| 5. Silver Street, Upper Edmonton | 1901 | B.G.I. | 3 „ | ... |
| 6. Houndsfield Road, Lower Edmonton | 1903 | B.G.J.I. | *1 „ | ... |
| 7. Montague Road, Upper Edmonton | 1904 | „ | *1 „ | ... |
B.—Doys. G.—Girls. I.—Infants. J.—Junior Mixed.
"Extra wide corridors in the Infant Departments.
BUSH HILL PARK. The rapid development of this northern
part of the District has necessitated an agreement with the Enfield Urban
District Council to provide accommodation for 81 scholars from this neighbourhood
at the nearest Enfield School. This agreement was sealed in October,
1906. No Edmonton scholars under five years of age are now admitted.
BATHS. The elder children are taken from the schools to learn
swimming once a week in the Summer months. During the present winter,
1908-9, this wholesome practice has been continued—as far as the boys areconcerned.
Classes are also held to teach the boys life-saving.
Building* Operations. Nothing has been done beyond the
ordinary repairs necessary to keep the buildings in good order.
Closets are in some cases of the trough pattern, with a weir at the
lower end and a tank of sixty gallons and upwards at the upper end of the
system, which the caretaker can discharge four times daily, and oftener in
the Summer months. Others have the same kind of tank Hushing a system
of separate closet pans with svphonic action opening into a common pipe. The
excreta then fall through a trapped pipe into an adjacent inspection-chamber,,
and so to the road sewer. In all these cases there is a man-hole chamber at
the end of the main drain with a fresh air inlet, and an intercepting trap
with raking arm between the chamber and the road sewer.