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responsible to the three existing statutory Committees; for
dealing with all matters pertaining to the Council's health
services and the work of the health department. Instead of
having three sets of officers appointed to carry out the work
of three different Committees it would then be possible to
ensure the co-ordination and continuity of supervision considered
by the Ministry to be so clearly desirable. Such an
arrangement would also bring the practice of preventive
medicine into line with modern knowledge regarding it.
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Extract from Annual Report of School Medical Officer—
1935.
Situated within the Borough of Leyton are three schools for
higher education, viz.:—
Leyton County High School for Boys, Essex Road.
Leyton County High School for Girls, Colworth Road.
Leyton Technical Institute, Adelaide Road.
The last-named Institute contains (a) a Junior Technical
School, and (b) a Junior Art School.
These schools are administered by the Essex County Council
which is the Authority for Higher Education.
Admission is by competitive examination at the age of 11
years to the two County High Schools, and at 12½ years to the
Technical Institute.