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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| School. | Approx. No. of scholars. | No. of W.C.s | Type of closet. | Urinal space. | No. of wash basins | No.of towels in use at time of insp. | No. of towels used ea. wk. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside | Jnr. Boys | 412 | Pedestal sep. cist. | 37 ft. A.F. | *7 | 10 | ||||
| Jnr. Girls | 297 | 13 | Do. | do. | — | 10 | 20 | |||
| Infants | B. | 117 | Do. | do. | 9 ft. A.F. | 20 | ||||
| G. | 128 | 7 | Do. | do. | — | |||||
| Health Clark | Cent. B. | 5 | Do. | do. | 22 ft. stop cock | 8 | 10 | |||
| Cent. G. | 204 | 10 | Do. | do. | — | 8 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Croydon British | Senior Girls | 214 | 9 | Do. | do. | — | 2 bins and 2 tr'ghs | 5 | 10 | |
| Lady Edridge | Cent. G. | 337 | 8 | Do. | do. | - | 28 | |||
| St. Christophers | B. | Do. | do. | 31 ft. A.F. | 2 | |||||
| G. | 47 | 8 | Do. | do. | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| I. | — | — | Do. | do. | — | 3 | I | |||
| B. | 37 | 3 | Do. | do. | 9 ft. A.F. | 1 small towel to ea. child renewed f'tnightly | ||||
| G. | 40 | Do. | do. | — | 3 | |||||
| St. Luke's Mype | B. | 20 | 1 | Do. | do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 2 | 1 | ||
| G. | 15 | Do. | do. | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
| St. George's Hall | B. | 1 | Do. | do. | 6ft. hand flushed | 2 | 2 | |||
| G. | 53 | Do. | do. | |||||||
| Suffolk RoadTemporary | Infants | B. | 77 | 1 | Standard pattern and height | space for 3 persons | l4 | 5 | 5 | |
| G. | 63 | 3 | — | |||||||
| All Saints | 38 | 1 | Pedestal sep. cist. | 6 ft. hand flushed cist. | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | Do. | do. | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| J.B. | 112 | 3 | Do. | do. | 61 ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| J.G. | 103 | Do. | do. | 2 | ||||||
| Infants | 97 | 3 (Inf. boys) | Do. | do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | |||
| • J.B. | 123 | 4 | Do. | do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| J.G. | 189 | Do. | do. | — | ||||||
| Inf. B. | 57 | Do. | do. | |||||||
| Inf. G. | 65 | |||||||||
| * Plus 1 sink. | ||||||||||