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Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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There is a total increase of 232 children attending school over last year.
The average attendance during the last week of June, 1913, was 12132-2,
the percentage of attendance to number on books being 90.3.
There are 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 35 boys and 4 girls.
The admissions and withdrawals during the year, excluding transfers from one department to another, were :—
| Civil Year, 1912. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Admissions. | No. of Withdrawals. | No. of Admissions to the Lowest Class of Infants. | No. left on account of Age Limit. | |
| Non-provided Schools | 574 | 524 | 269 | 206 |
| Council Schools | 2924 | 2744 | 1331 | 1010 |
| Totals | 3498 | 3268 | 1600 | 1216 |
Expenses. Eight precepts on the Overseers, together amounting to
£24,217, were issued to meet the requirements of the Education Committee for
the year March, 1913, to March, 1914. Besides, a large necessitous grant has
been received from a sympathetic Government, amounting to £9,216, or over
an elevenpenny rate.
Arrangements for and Scope of Medical Inspection. The
arrangements have been the same as in former years. Three age groups have
been inspected, the entrants (the majority of whom were five or six years of
age), the ten-year-old group and the leavers.
Four thousand, two hundred and seventy-one children were passed through
the routine inspection.