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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Sanitary Accommodation.
| School. | Approx. No. of scholars | No. of w.c.: | Type of closet. | Urinal space. | No. of wash basins | No. of towels in us at time of insp. | No of tow els used ea. wk. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk Road Temporary | Infants | B. | 96 | 2 | Standard pattern and height | space for 3 persons | 2 | 4 | ... | Towels changed as required. |
| Not Now in Use as a School. | - | |||||||||
| G | 74 | 4 | - | 4 | ||||||
| All Saints | S.B. | 37 | 1 | Pedestal sep. cist. | 6 ft. hand flushed cist. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| S.G. | 38 | 2 | Do. do. | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| J.B. | 102 | 3 | Do. do. | 6½ ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| J.G. | 82 | 5 (J.G. & I.G.) | Do. do. | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Infants | 78 | 3 (Inf. boys) | Do. do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Christ Church J.M. & I. | J.B. | 125 | 4 | Do. do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 4 | ... | Towels changed as necessary. | ||
| J.G. | 137 | 14 | Do. do. | - | ||||||
| Inf. B. | 63 | 7 | Do. do. | |||||||
| Inf. G. | 64 | |||||||||
| Cypress School | Jnr. Boys | 79 | 3 | Do. do. | 17 ft. A.F. | 4 | 2 | ... | Towels changed | |
| Jnr. Girls | 63 | 11 | Do. do. | - | 10 | 4 | ... | |||
| Inft. Boys | 88 | 2 | Do. do. | 11 ft. A.F. | Shared | with | J.B. | |||
| Inft. Girls | 69 | Use Girls above | - | - | Shared | with | J.G. | |||
| Kindgtn. | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ... | Towels changed twlce weekly. | ||
| Holy Trinity | J. G. & I. G. | 250 | 11 | Pedestal sep. cist. | - | 6 | 4 | ... | ||
| Parish Church | S. & J. B. | 238 | 4 | Do. do. | 21 ft. A.F. | 6 | 5 | 15 | ||
| J. G. & I. | 312 | 16 | Do. do. | 11 ft. A.F. | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| St. Andrew's | S. & J. B. | 184 | 3 | Do. do. | 25 ft. A.F. | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| S. & J. G. | 140 | 9 | Do. do. | - | 7 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Infants | B. | 41 | 2 | Do. do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| G. | 49 | 4 | Do. do. | - | ||||||