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STATISTICS IN RELATION TO EDUCATION.
Estimated Population of Beckenham 33812
Number of Public Elementary Schools 5
Number of Departments 14
Accommodation 3441
Number on Roll 3305
Special School for the Mentally Defective 1
Other Schools—
County Secondary School (Boys) 1
County Secondary School (Girls) 1
Private Schools 20
One Penny rate produces for Elementary Education £1069
STAFF ENGAGED IN MEDICAL INSPECTION.
School Medical Officer 1
School Dentist 1
School Nurses 3
Clerks 2
The above staff are employed full time by the District Council
and the proportion of their time given to Medical Inspection and
Treatment is as follows:—The School Medical Officer devotes half
time to school work, the Dentist gives from Mpnday to Friday
inclusive to School Work, and Saturday mornings tp the Dental
Treatment of expectant Mothers and Children under the age of 5
years. One School Nurse full-time and 2 Nurses half-time. One
Clerk full-time and pne half-time.
In the month of January, the Education Committee decided to
extend the work of the Dentist from two half-days per week to full
time service. Mr. Hawkes could not give all his time to school work
and he, therefore, resigned, and Mr. Grandison was appointed in his
place and took up his duties on the 1st April, on a whole-time basis.