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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
Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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2. CO-ORDINATION.
Co-ordination is secured by the fact that all the School Medical
Staff also carry out duties for other health services, and at the end
of the year there were eight half-time School Nurses (who also were
half-time Health Visitors).
The school nursing staff is equivalent to five whole-time nurses.
3. THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION
TO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Number of Schools and Accommodation.
Seating Accommodation.
| Boys. | Girls. | Infts. | Mxd | . Boys. | Girls. | Infts. | Mxd. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provided | 15 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 5,675 | 5,552 | 5,868 | 3,248 | ||
| Non-Provided | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 208 | 362 | 437 | 929 | ||
| Special Schools— | ||||||||||
| Mentally Defective | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 130 | |||
| Deaf Centre | — | — | —. | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | ||
| Myope Centre | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 85 | ||
| Open Air School | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 200 | ||
| Nursery School | ' — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 150 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 5,883 | 5,914 | 6,305 | 4,762 | ||
| 1938. | 1937. | 1936. | 1935. | 1934. | ||||||
| Number of Children on Register, Dec. 31st | 15,980 | 16,525 | 17,265 | 17,845 | 18,516 | |||||
| Average Attendance | 14,282.3 | 14,909.1 | 15,386.2 | 16,140.5 | 16,630.2 | |||||
| Percentage Attendance | 88.8 | 88.7 | 88.3 | 89.4 | 88.1 | |||||
| Population | *131,000 | ' ,131,900 | 133,600 | 134,490 | 135,090 | |||||
| Percentage of School Children to Population | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.7 | |||||
*The 1938 figures not available.
The progressive decline in the percentages specified in the last
line will be noted.
School Hygiene.—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.
Mr. Frank H. Heaven, A.R.I.B.A., Architect to the Education
Committee, reports as follows
Structural Additions and Alterations.—The following works
have been carried out during the year, viz.: —
Canteens.—The provision of hot water heaters at three centres.