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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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oval | Cooking | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | - | Changed daily | |
| Handycraft | — | - | — | — | — | 1 | - | Changed 2 a week | ||
| Senior Boys | 160 | 4 | Do. do. | 15 ft. A.F. | 10 | 3 | Towels changed | |||
| Senior Girls | 138 | 8 | Do. do. | — | 10 | 3 | ||||
| J. B. & G. | B. | 125 | 4 inc. inf. b 10 inc. inf. g | Do. do. | 21 ft. A.F. | 8 | 4 | |||
| G. | 117 | Do. do. | - | |||||||
| Infants | B. | 98 | Do. do. | — | 10 | 4 | ||||
| G. | 82 | |||||||||
| Portland | Senior Boys | 231 | ‡7 | Do. A.F. | 29 ft. stop cock | 2 tr'ghs 5 ft. | 6 | 6 | ||
| Senior Girls | 184 | ‡10 | Do. do. | - | Do. | 5 | 5 | |||
| Infants | B. | 183 | ‡2 | Do. do. | 24 ft. stop cock | Do. | 6 | 6 | ||
| G. | 146 | ‡7 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| Temporary School, Overbury Crescent, New Addington | Boys | 45 | 3 | — | 5 ft. 5 in. A.F. | 1 | 1 | Changed 2 a week | ||
| Girls I. | 61 | 3 1 for tchrs. | — | - | 1 | 1 | Changed 3 a week | |||
| Purley Oaks | S.B. | 101 | 6 | Ped. Sep. Cis | 33 ft. A.F. | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| S.G. | 75 | 9 | Do. do | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| J.B. & G. | B | 73 | Shared with Senior Boys | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| G. | 77 | Shared with Senior Girls | ||||||||
| Infants | B. | 98 | 4 | Ped. sep. | 14ft. 6in. A.F. | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| G. | 67 | 4 | cistern | — | ||||||
| Rockmount | S. & J.B. | 174 | 4 | Do. do. | 2 ft. A.F. | 7 | 4 | 13 | ||
| S. & J.G. | 124 | 10 | Do. do. | - | 7 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Inft. B. | 81 | 3 | Do. A.F. | 20 ft. A.F. | 8 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Inft. G. | 98 | 7 | Do. A.F. | — | ||||||
| South Norwood | Jnr. B. | 339 | 6 | Do. sep. cistern | 40 ft. A.F | 16 | 5 | 22 Approx. | ||
| Jnr. G. | ... | 21 | Do. do. | — | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Infants | B. | 127 | Do. do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 19 | 8 | 24 | |||
| G. | 316 | Do. do. | — | |||||||
| * Towels Changed approx. every other day. †More towels if required. ‡ 1 Auto tank to each range of closets. | ||||||||||