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E.— REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
I beg leave to present the following report, for the year 1909,
on the work carried out by the staff of the Public Health Department,
in connection with the Public Elementary Schools of the
borough.
This is the sixth annual report which I have submitted to the
Committee, and the second furnished in accordance with the
requirements of the Board of Education.
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The scope and arrangement of this report are similar to that
adopted for the year 1908, which followed generally the suggestions
of Circular 596 of the Board of Education. Though considerable
progress has been made during the year, much time has again been
spent in elaborating our methods and in improving our organisation.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
On December 31st, 1909, there were within the Croydon area:—
19 Provided Schools, including 55 departments, with
recognised accommodation for 20,017 children, and
14 Non-Provided Schools, including 34 departments, with
accommodation for 5,345 children.
The total provision for Elementary School children in the
borough therefore amounted to 33 schools, with 89 departments and
accommodation for 25,362 children.
The number of children on the register on December 31st, 1909,
was 24,150.
During 1909, the St. James's School (non-provided) was closed,
and Tavistock Grove School (provided) opened in substitution.
Tamworth Road School, which was reported in 1903 to be so
unsatisfactory as to require closure, is still in use, but will eventually
be re-built when the general scheme for re-organisation of the
schools in this part of the borough matures.
Tavistock Grove School, which was opened in September, 1909,
affords accommodation for 868 children. In the main this school
is similar in type to the last five central hall schools designed for the
Local Education Authority by Mr. Carter Pegg, but provision is