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E - REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
I beg leave to present the following report; for the year 1910
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 seventh annual report which 1 have submitted to the
Committee, and the third furnished in accordance with the requirements
of the Board of Education.
The scope and arrangement of this report are in accordance
with the suggestions of Circular 596 of the Hoard of Education.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
On December 31st, 1910, 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 5,443 children, as compared with
5,345 in 1909.
The total provision for Elementary School children in the
borough therefore amounted to 33 schools, with 89 departments and
accommodation for 25.460 children, as compared with 25,362 in
1909.
The number of children on the register on December 31st, 1910,
was 24,174.
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
No considerable changes in school buildings were made in 1910
but the accommodation of St. Mary's School was increased by 98
places.