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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: The accommodation and the number of children attending each school are given below:-

The accommodation and the number of children attending each school are given below:-

SchoolInfants.Junior Mixed.Girls.Boys.
Accom.No. on Books.Accom.No. on Books.Accom.No. on Books.Accom.No. on Books.
Brettenham Road437301--458408459446
Croyland Road369307420403369303537541
Raynham Road576500600508540468660585
Eldon Road600650521533540507660589
Silver Street562500——562556592552
Houndsfield Road46O384300312300279300279
Montagu Road46O451300246300268300283
All Saints'447454——455476—-
Latymer—————-300308
St. James220225——207229218248
St. Edmund's8879——(248257Senior Mixed)
These figures are not included in the totals.
Totals42193851214120023731349440263831

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There were 33 more children attending school than last year.
The average attendance during the last week of June, 1915, was 12239.9
the percentage of attendance to number on books being nearly 90.7.
There were no partial-exemption scholars.
The number of children who obtained labour certificates enabling them, if
they wish, to leave school at an earlier age than 14 was 58 boys and 19 girls.
Expenses. 5 precepts in March, for £9,845 for elementary and £55
for higher education; 4 precepts in October for the same amount, in all for
£19,800, were served on the Overseers to meet the requirements of public
education for the year ending March 31st, 1916. Besides, a very large
necessitous grant has been received from a sympathetic Government, amounting
to £16,375, the same as last year, or about a nineteenpenny rate; compare this
with £9,216 for 1913, which was equal to only an elevenpenny rate.