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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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S anitary A ccomm0dation.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wo0dside | Jnr. Boys | 404 | 9 | Pedestal sep. cist. | 37 ft. A.F. | *7 | 8 | ... | Towels changed daily. | |
| Jnr. Girls | 297 | 13 | Do. do. | — | 10 | 5 | ... | |||
| Infants | B. | 140 | 5 | Do. do. | 9 ft. A.F. | 5 | 4 | ... | ||
| G.. | 135 | 7 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| Heath Clark | Cent. B. | 190 | 5 | Do. do. | 22 ft. stop cock | 8 | 4 | ... | 3 times per week or as necessary. | |
| Cent. G. | 213 | 10 | Do. do. | — | 8 | 4 | ... | |||
| CroyJon British | Senior Girls | 183 | 12 | Do. do. | — | 10 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Lady Edridge | Cent. G. | 324 | 8 | Do. do. | — | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||
| St Christophers | B. | 82 | 10 | Do. do. | 30 ft. A.F. | 7 | 13 | ... | Towels changed as necessary. | |
| G. | 43 | 6 | Do. do. | _ | 3 | 1 | ||||
| I. | — | — | Do. do. | — | 3 | |||||
| St Giles | B. | 45 | 3 | Do. do. | 9 ft. A.F. | 3] | 1 small towel to ea. child renewed f'tnightly | |||
| G. | 48 | 5 | Do. do. | 3 | ||||||
| St. Luke's Myope | B. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Rebuilding School. | ||||||||||
| G. | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | — | |||||||
| St George's Hall | B. | 38 | 1 | Do. do. | 6ft. & 1 stall with w.w.p. | 2 | 2 | ... | Towels changed weekly. | |
| G. | 43 | 2 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| Suffolk Road Temporary | Infants | B. | 96 | 2 | Standard pattern and height | space for 3 persons | 2 | 4 | ... | Towels changed as required. |
| G. | 74 | 4 | — | 4 | ||||||
| All Saints | S.B. | 40 | 1 | Pedestal sep. cist. | 6 ft. hand flushed cist. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| S.G. | 39 | 2 | Do. do. | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| J.B. | 122 | 3 | Do. do. | 6½ ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| J.G. | 95 | 5 (J.G. & I.G.) | Do. do. | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Infants | 87 | 3 (Inf. boys) | Do. do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Christ Church J.M. & I. | J.B. | 144 | 4 | Do. do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 4 | 8 | ... | Twice per week or as necessary. | |
| J.G. | 159 | 14 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| Inf. B. | 72 | 7 | Do. do. | ... | ||||||
| Inf. G. | 64 | |||||||||
| * Plus 1 sink. | ||||||||||