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and two ladies as co-opted members, one of whom is a head-mistress. Since
July, 1908, no new children under five years of age have been admitted.
On November 25th, Dr. Langdon, one of the medical inspectors of the
Board of Education was in Edmonton, but he was unable to see any routine
inspection as this had ceased to exist since Dr. Rock left to join the Royal
Navy for War Service.
New School Site.—On 23rd March there was a special Council meeting
to consider a communication from the Education Committee as to the provision
of a site for a new public elementary school in the north-west part of the
district. A sub-committee of the Education Committee had been considering
various sites and now one of 8| acres was to be put to auction, but the Council
(by a large majority) decided not to entertain the idea of purchase.
Cookery, etc.—At the request of the Education Committee, the Council
have agreed to grant the use of a room in Pymmes Park house for teaching
domestic subjects to the elder girls. This will provide for the training of those
in the southern half of the district, and at the end of the year the Education
Committee were on the point of securing a site for erecting a domestic subjects
and handicraft centre in northern ( or lower) Edmonton.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE HYGIENIC CONDITIONS
PREVAILING HT THE SCHOOLS.
I. Non-Provided.—Four schools: eight departments. 1. St. James',
Upper Edmonton, for boys, girls and infants ; 2. The National Schools, Sweet
Briar Walk, Lower Edmonton, for girls and infants ; 3. The Lower Latymer
School, Maldon Road, Lower Edmonton, for boys; 4. St. Edmund's Roman
Catholic School, corner of Hertford Road and Bounces Road, Lower Edmonton,
for infants and senior-mixed.
St. Edmund's School was first used on March 1st, 1912. There is
an infants' department, accommodating 88 children, and a senior mixed department
accommodating 208 boys and girls. This school is lit by electric light,
and warmed by hot water pipeS and radiators. There are no fireplaces to warm
the scholars, if and when the hot-water system should temporarily break down.