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Walthamstow 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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2. CO-ORDINATION.
Close co-operation has been maintained along the lines detailed
in the report for 1931.
Your Authority and the Council in 1930 approved the general
principle of co-ordinating the activities of the School Medical
Service and the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme by combining
the Offices of School Nurse and Health Visitor as opportunity
should arise in future.
3. THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION
TO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
| Number of Schools and Accommodation. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Infts. | Mxd. | Seating Accommodation. | ||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Infts. | Mxd. | |||||
| Provided | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6460 | 6102 | 6015 | 2478 |
| Non-provided | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 244 | 472 | 437 | 929 |
| Special Schools— | ||||||||
| Mentally Defective | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 130 |
| Deaf Centre | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 20 |
| Myope Centre | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 85 |
| Physically Defective Centre | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 80 |
| Nursery School | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 150 |
| Totals | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 6704 | 6574 | 6455 | 3872 |
| 1933. | 1932. | 1931. | 1930. | 1929. | ||||
| Number of Children on Register, Dec. 31st | 19,633 | 19,727 | 19,467 | 19,432 | 19,592 | |||
| Average Attendance | 17,402.2 | 17,290.7 | 17,994.9 | 16,972.1 | 16,734.1 | |||
| Percentage Attendance | 88.8 | 88.5 | 88.3 | 87.5 | 85.7 | |||
| Population | 135,010 | 134,420 | 132,956 | 124,800 | 124,800 | |||
| Percentage of School Children to population | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 15.57 | 15.7 | |||
A detailed Sanitary Survey is made by the Medical Inspector
at the conclusion of the medical inspection of individual
Departments. Any recommendations made are then forwarded
to your Director of Education.
The Engineer and Surveyor has furnished a full list of the more
important work carried out at the schools during 1933 and the
following are some of the items: —
Repairs and renovations to Open-Air Classroom at Coppermill
Road Schools.
Limewhiting school out-offices generally.
Repairs to tar-paving in playgrounds generally.
Provision of staff W.C. and lavatory at Forest Road Girls'
School.