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Structural Work and Decorations Carried Out in Schools.
I am indebted to the Education Officer for the following
particulars of work carried out at the various schools during the
past year:—
External Painting at the following Schools—
Internal Painting and Distempering at the following Schools—
New Schools or Departments Opened—
Kensington Avenue.—Junior Mixed and Infants' School.
Norbury Manor.—Ditto.
Rockmount.—Senior and Junior Mixed School.
Alterations and Additions at the following Schools—
Shirley.—Reconstruction of W.C.'s.
Parish Church.—Reconstruction of W.C.'s and re-drainage.
Waddon Infants.—Transfer of two portable classrooms from
Winterbourne School.
Cost of the School Medical Service.
The gross cost of the medical, dental and nursing services
was £10,387; from this an income of £624 should be deducted,
making a nett cost of £9,763. The rateable value of the Borough
in 1932 was £2,019,342. The Government grant is 50 per cent.
of the expenditure, hence the actual cost to the rates was £4,881.
i.e., a rate of 0.58 pence. The nett cost of these services to the
lates for 1932 per child on the school registers was 3s. 4.5d.
The figures do not include £300 for Medical Inspection (Higher
Education) and for Blind persons £378.
Cost of Special Schools.
Schools maintained by the Council £5,163; Contributions to
schools under other authorities £2,738; Other expenses (travelling,
etc. ) £32, Income from parents' contributions and other receipts
£779, giving an actual cost of £7,154, of which £3,577 was payable
out of local rates, giving a rate of 0.43 pence.
Cost of Milk and Meals.
Milk and meals cost £1,177 3s. 7d.; Income from parents
contributions £33 17s. 3d. : giving an actual cost of £1,143 6s. 4d.
Croydon British.
Purley Oaks.
South Not wood.
Whitehorse Manor.
Ingram.
Norbury Manor.
Central Polytechnic.
All Saints'.
Holy Trinity.
Shirley.
School of Art.