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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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(d) Liaison with Hospital Services.—The medical and nursing
staff continued to visit in turn the ward rounds of Dr. Hinden,
Paediatrician, at Whipps Cross Hospital.
4. SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATION
| Boys | Girls | Mixed | Infants | Nursery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 2 | 6 | — | — | |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 12 | — | — | |
| County Primary Infants | — | — | — | 15 | — |
| Voluntary Secondary Modern | — | — | 1 | - | — |
| Voluntary Primary | — | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| County Nursery | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Special Schools for:— | |||||
| Deaf | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Educationally Subnormal | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Partially Sighted | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1955 | 1954 | 1953 | 1952 | |
| Number of Children on Register, 31st December | 20224 | 20072 | 20157 | 20174 | 19975 |
| Average attendance | 18328.2 | 18014.0 | 18139.6 | 17936.9 | 16587.8 |
| Percentage attendance | 90.6 | 89.7 | 90.0 | 88.9 | 82.9 |
The increase in the number of children on the school registers
over the last ten years amounts to 3,761, i.e. 22.8% of the 1947 roll.
Mr. T. L. Rampton, A.R.I.B.A., A.R.I.C.S., Architect to the
Committee for Education, reports as follows:—
New Buildings.
The first instalment of the additions to Blackhorse Road
Secondary School, one classroom and one craftroom, was completed.
A second instalment of the project at Chapel End Secondary
School has been completed and equipped as a Science Room.
The third instalment—a woodwork room—is in course of
erection.
Two classrooms are in course of erection at Sidney Burnell
Secondary School, and will, when completed, assist in meeting the
problem of shortage of accommodation.
The first instalment of the additions to Wm. McGuffie School