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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Sanitary Accommodation.
| 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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburton | Sen. Mixed | Boys | 169 | 4 | Pedestal Sep. cistn. | 20 ft. A.F. | *9 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Girls | 193 | 10 | Do. do. | — | *9 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Jun. Mixed | Boys | 190 | 4 | Do. do. | 20 ft. A.F. | *6 | 4 | 12 | |||
| Girls | 168 | 10 | Do. do. | — | *6 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| Benson | Infants | — | 1 | Do. do. | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Junior Mixed | B. | 138 | 2 | Do. do. | 17 ft. A.F. | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| G. | 164 | 7 | Do. do. | — | |||||||
| Sen. Mixed | Boys | 67 | 3 | Do. do. | 20 ft. A.F. | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Girls | 85 | 5 | Do. do. | — | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Beulah | Junior Boys | 415 | 6 | Do. do. | 44 ft. A.F. | 13 | 9 | ... | Towels changed. | ||
| Junior Girls | 394 | 20 | Do. do. | — | 13 | 8 | ... | ||||
| Infants | B. | 193 | 4 | Do. do. | 22 ft. A.F. | 18 | 6 | ... | |||
| G. | 186 | 11 | Do. do. | — | |||||||
| John Ruskin | Boys | 344 | 21 | Do. do. | 42 ft. A.F. | 3 Wg. Tr'ghs | 8 | 24 | Towels changed. | ||
| Davidson | Senior Boys | 141 | 5 | Do. do. | 36 ft. A.F. | 2 tr'ghs | 4 | 12 | |||
| Senior Girls | 113 | 14§ | Do. do. | — | Do. | 3 | 9 | ||||
| J. G. & I. | B. | 144 | 3 | Do. do. | 20 ft. A.F. | Wshg. tr'ghs 2 | 7 | 21 | |||
| G. | 257 | 6 | Do. do. | ||||||||
| Duppas | Junior Boys | 175 | 4 | Do. do. | 15ft. 6in.A.F. | 6 | 4 | - | Towels changed. | ||
| Junior Girls | 218 | 8 | Do. do. | — | 6 | 4 | - | ||||
| Infants | B. | 105 | 3 | Do. do. | 15i ft. A.F. | 8 | 4 | — | |||
| G. | 88 | 6 | Do. do. | — | |||||||
| Ecclesbourne | Cookery Dept. | - | — | — | — | 2 | See | Senr. girls. | |||
| Laundry „ | 2 | ||||||||||
| Junior Boys | 280 | 6 | Trough. | 42½ ft. stop cock | 10 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 2 | Pedestal. | ||||||||||
| Senior Girls | 258 | 9 | Tr'gh A.F. | - | 6 Not in use. | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Ped'l A.F. | ||||||||||
| Infants | B. | 109 | 2 | Tr'gh A.F. | 24 ft. stop cock | 2 tr'ghs | 4 | 8 | |||
| G. | 148 | 6 | Tr'gh A.F. | — | |||||||
| Elmwood | Senior | S. | 240 | 4 | Pedestal | 25 ft. A.F. | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| & J. B. | J. | 120 | 3 | sep. c'stn. | 16 ft. A.F. | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| S. & | S. | 160 | 8 | Do. do. | - | 7 | 3 | 9 | |||
| J. G. | J. | 159 | 8 | Do. do. | — | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Infants | B. | 176 | 4 | Do. do. | 26 ft. A.F. | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
| G. | 180 | 10 | Do. do. (inft. sze.) | - | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| * Plus 1 tink. § 4 W.C.'s reserved for use of Infant Girls. | |||||||||||