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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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NON-CONFORMIST, 1907.
| Infant Classes. | Intermediate Classes. | Senior Classes. | Totals. | Average Attendances. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning. | Afternoon. | |||||
| Congregational, Fore St. | 305 | 164 | 71 | 540 | 88 | 357 |
| ,, Angel Ed. | 180 | 164 | 28 | 372 | 150 | 288 |
| People's Tabernacle | 90 | 210 | 40 | 340 | 110 | 310 |
| Tanner's End Mission | 160 | 140 | 65 | 365 | 80 | 270 |
| Wesleyan | 26 | 198 | 43 | 267 | 110 | 220 |
| Hyde Mission | 60 | 50 | 36 | 146 | 30 | 107 |
| Congregational, Lower Ed. | 150 | 275 | 50 | 475 | 73 | 350 |
| Baptist | 87 | 253 | 56 | 396 | None | 262 |
| Primitive Methodist | 30 | 58 | 9 | 97 | 28 | 79 |
| Belmont Hall Brethren | 85 | 98 | 34 | 217 | None | 196 |
| Totals | 1173 | 1610 | 432 | 3215 | 569 | 2439 |
Note.— The above table is over a year old, but the one for 1908 is
not yet issued. I regret that the up-to-date figures are not yet available.
There is also a Socialist Sunday School, which meets at The Crescent,
Hertford Road.
Presuming that no scholars attend more than one Sunday School,
there are something like 9,000 persons attending Sunday School in Edmonton
with varied regularity.
Sunday School attendance may be, if not supervised, a considerable factor
in the spread of contagious and infectious diseases. The scholars in Sunday
Schools are often more over-crowded than in day schools, and the meetings
often take place in buildings not specially adapted for their purpose. It is
urgently necessary that the powers of Local Sanitary Authorities for dealing
with these institutions should be both enlarged and strengthened.