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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The playground of the St. James' School is also a gravel-surface playground
and badly requires bringing up-to-date, i.e., tar-paving; it is true there are
tar-paved paths from Grove Street to the school entrances, and from the
entrances to the latrines, which thus enable the children to get into the
building with some degree of comfort, yet the larger portion of the area is in a
bad condition, for the water standing in pools after it has rained makes the
playground very uncomfortable, if not unhealthy, for the children.
The condition of playgrounds in non-provided schools, as these three are, is
entirely a responsibility for the managers of each school.
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.
In March the hall of the infants' department of St. Edmund's school was
sub-divided.
II.
| Name. | Built. | Departments. | Last Enlarged. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Brettenham Road, Upper Edmonton | B.G.I. | .. | 1892 | |
| B.G.J.I. | ‡1 Hall | 1901 | ||
| „ | 1902 | |||
| „ | 4 „ | .. | ||
| B.G.I. | 3 „ | .. | ||
| B.G.J.I. | †*1 „ | .. | ||
| „ | †*1 „ | .. | ||
B.— Boys. G.— Girls. I.— Infants. J.— Junior Mixed.
*Extra wide corridors in some of the Departments.
†Both these halls are in the Infants' Departments.
‡In the Junior Mixed Department.
BUSH HILL PARK. The rapid development of this northern part
of the district necessitated an agreement with the Enfield Urban District
Council to provide accommodation for 81 scholars from this neighbourhood at
the nearest Enfield School, but there was an average attendance of 280 this
year. 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,
1913-14, this wholesome practice has been continued as far as the boys are
concerned. A woman instructress has been appointed for the girls and the
boys are taught by their class teachers.