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Wandsworth 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Schemes re
Schools.
110. Several schemes made by the Board of Education have
been submitted to the Council for its information.
They related to the administration of the Sir
Walter St. John's Schools, Battersea, the United Westmister
Schools, the Walcott Educational Foundation, Lambeth, the
White Square School, Clapham, and the Holy Trinity School,
Upper Tooting. With regard to the two last-mentioned cases the
schemes authorised respectively the discontinuance of the school
at White Square, and the use of the premises for other purposes,
and the raising of a loan for altering and improving the school
house of Holy Trinity School.
Wandsworth
Baths.
111. The number of bathers, admissions to the gymnasium,
and the income since the opening of the baths in
High Street, Wandsworth, in July, 1901, are as
follows :—
Year.
Bathers.
Gymnasium
Income.
Baths.
Gymnasium.
Total.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
1901-2
59,983
—
651
7
8
-
651
7
8
1902-3
107,924
—
1,163
16
4
-
1,163
16
4
1903-4
118,030
3,256
1,243
16
11
40
0
10
1,283
17
9
1904-5
144,333
4,649
1,506
7
0
46
18
3
1,553
5
3
1905-6
I51,389
3,696
1,539
12
1
65
5
8
1,604
17
9
1906-7
168,133
3,613
1.653
19
11
38
16
11
1,692
16
10
1907-8
163,641
3,718
1,615
16
4
48
4
0
1,664
0
4
1908-9
178,078
2,549
I,738
19
6
35
10
5
1,774
9
11
1909-10
169,892
2,856
1,629
5
8
60
12
5
1,689
18
1
Tooting Baths.
112. The number of bathers, and the income since the opening
of the baths at The Broadway, Tooting, in June,
1907, are as follows :—
MEN.
WOMEN.
TOTAL.
1st class
2nd class
1st class
2nd class
Bathers
Income
1907-8
{9 mths )
4,050
12,549
188
2,322
19,109
£233
6
3
1908-9
4,650
14,389
291
3,142
22,47
275
2
2
1909-10
5,405
15,589
349
4,258
25,601
317
12
6
Swimming
Championship
Trophy.
113. The competition for the swimming trophy presented by
Sir William Lancaster, J.P., and competed for
annually by men resident in the Borough, was held
on the 15th October, and was won by Mr. W. S. Barnes. Sir