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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

Edmonton 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: ACCOMMODATION AND ATTENDANCE.I have extracted the following interesting information from the Committee's Year Book for 1920-21:—

ACCOMMODATION AND ATTENDANCE.

I have extracted the following interesting information from the Committee's Year Book for 1920-21:—

Council Schools.Non-provided Schools.Totals.
Accommodation—March, 192012122218314305
1917-18No. of scholars on rolls10485222512710
Average attendance9339193611275
1918-19No. of scholars on rolls10217223312450
Average attendance8909194110850
1919 20No. of scholars on rolls10318226712585
Average attendance9126199211118

Table: DETAILS OF EACH SCHOOL FOR YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1920.

DETAILS OF EACH SCHOOL FOR YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1920.

Council Schools.Accommodation.Average Attendance.
Boys.Girls.Junr. MixedInfts.Boys.Girls.Junr. MixedInfts.
Raynham Road660540600576475360401398
Brettenham Road459398—437369365—270
Silver Street592562—562433438_376
Montague Road300300300460239228244312
Croyland Road537369420369392292335282
Eldon Road660540521600500417437475
Houndsfield.Road300300300460259250288291
Total35083009214134642667235017052404
Non-Provided Schools.Accommodation.Average Attendance.
Boys.Girls.Senr. MixedInfts.Boys.Girls.Senr. MixedInfts.
St. James's218207–220216201–197
All Saints'–455–447–433–374
Latvmer Elementary300–––285–––
St. Edmund's, R.C.––24888––21571
Total518662248755501634215642
Grand Total40263671238942193168298419203046

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There were 12,450 children on the books for the year ending 31st March,
1919, besides the children attending Enfield Schools; the average number of
children of the Edmonton district attending Enfield Schools during the year
was 234, so that there is in Edmonton one child in the public elementary schools
for 6.0 inhabitants (reckoned on the nett population); it was 5.7 last year.