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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO THE
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
(a) No. of Schools and Accommodation.
In 1925 there were in Croydon :
(a) 20 provided schools, including 51 departments.
(b) 13 non-provided schools, including 21 departments.
(c) 2 Central Schools, including 2 departments.
(d) 2 Special Schools (for mentally defective and physically
defective), with 2 departments.
The total provision in 1925 in the borough for elementary
school children thus amounted to 35 schools, with 74 departments,
and 2 special schools.
The number of children on the register on December 31st.
1925, was 24,074, as compared with 23,953 in 1924.
(b) School Hygiene.
During the course of the year systematic reports were made
by medical officers on the hygienic aspects of the interior and of
the precincts of each school visited by them, and matters needing
attention were dealt with through the appropriate channels.
(a) The classes of children medically inspected in Croydon and the number examined in each class, 1st January, 1925, to 31st December, 1925, are as follows : —
| Under the Regulations of the Board of Education : Children admitted for the first time during the year : | 3153 |
| Children comprising the intermediate group | 1880 |
| Children between the ages of 12 and 14 years and other age groups | 3138 |
| Total | 8171 |
| Other routine inspections | 98 |