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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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| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Church J.M. & I. | J.B. | 122 | 4 | Do. do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||
| J.G. | 158 | 14 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| Inf. B. | 65 | 7 | Do. do. | |||||||
| Inf. G. | 62 | |||||||||
| Cypress | Jnr. Boys | 103 | 3 | Do. do. | 17 ft. A.F. | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Jnr. Girls | 75 | 11 | Do. do. | — | 10 | |||||
| Inft. Boys | 82 | 2 | Do. do. | 11 ft. A.F. | Shared with J.B. | |||||
| Inft. Girls | 71 | Use Girls above | - | - | Shared with J.G. | |||||
| Kindgtn. | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |||||
| Holy Trinity | J.G. & | 200 | 11 | Pedestal | — | 6 | 6 | 12 | Towels changed twice weekly. | |
| I.G. | 50 | sep. cist. | ||||||||
| Parish Church | S. & J.B. | 210 | 4 | Do. do. | 21 ft. A.F. | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| J.G. & I. | 315 | 16 | Do. do. | 11 ft. A.F. | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| St. Andrew's | . S. & J.B. | 154 | 3 | Do. do. | 25 ft. A.F. | *5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| S. & J.G. | 153 | 9 | Do. do. | — | *7 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Infants | B. | 45 | 2 | Do. do. | 7 ft. A.F. | *6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| G. | 44 | 4 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| St. Joseph's | Boys | 99 | 3 | Do. do. | 8 ft. stop tap | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Infant Boys | 20 | ... | ||||||||
| Girls and | 95 | 6 | Do. do. | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Infant Girls | 30 | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| St. Mark's | J.G. & I. | B. | 30 | 2 | — | 5 ft. A.F. | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| G. | 130 | 5 | Do. do. | — | ||||||
| St Mary's (Addington) J. M. & I. | Junior B. | 50 | 3 | Do. do. | 12 ft. A.F. | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Junior G. | 52 | 4 | Do. do. | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Infants | ... | Shared with Junior Boys | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| ... | Shared with Junior Girls | |||||||||
| St. Mary's R.C. | . Mixed B. | 154 | 4 | Do. do. | 16 ft. A.F. | 4 | 2 | 4-6 | ||
| Infants | 81 | 4 | Do. do. | 8 ft. A.F. | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | |||
| Mixed G. | 187 | 9 | Do. do. | — | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | |||
| * Adjacent St. Andrew's Hall used by scholars and has 4 W.Cs. not included in above figures. | ||||||||||