View report page

258
The Elementary Schools are now classified under the Hadow
Scheme as Senior, boys, girls and mixed; Junior, boys, girls and
mixed, and Infants. The Table below gives the number of schools
and the number of pupils in attendance thereat. The school population
as given by the average number on the registers has decreased
by 334. The average attendance was 90 per cent.
This decrease in the number of children on the school registers
is interesting, as the population of Croydon continues to increase,
due doubtless to immigration. The fall in the birth-rate which has
been noticeable for a number of years past, is making itself felt in
the school population, and the school population will continue to
decrease unless the birth-rate rises again.

Medical Inspection in Schools.
The work of medical inspection is spread over all the staff of
Assistant Medical Officers, excepting those acting as Resident Medical
Officers in Institutions, or as specialist officers.