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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Boys | Girls | Mixed | Infants | Nursery | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Secondary Grammar | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| County Secondary Technical | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| County Secondary Modern | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | — |
| County Primary Junior | 2 | 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 | — | — |
1957 1956 1955 1954 1953
Number of Children on
Register, 31st December 20182 20224 20072 20157 20174
Average attendance 17552.3 18328.2 18014.0 18139.6 17936.9
Percentage attendance 87.2 90.6 89.7 90.0 88.9
The increase in the number of children on the school registers
over the last ten years amounts to 3,028, i.e. 17.6% of the 1948 roll.
School Hygiene and Accommodation.—In January, 1957, the
Committee noted that none of their recommendations regarding
improvements to lavatory and washing facilities urgently required
at certain schools had been approved. It was agreed that the
position be noted and kept under review.
In July the Committee for Education agreed that further representation
be made to the Local Education Authority with a view to
the inclusion in the minor capital building programme of additional
projects to provide improvements in the sanitary and washing
facilities at various schools already recommended by the Committee.
In November the following resolutions were approved by the
Committee for Education:—
Higham Hill Junior Mixed and, Infants' Schools.—The Borough
Education Officer reported that although this work was approved
as a Minor Project for the financial year 1958/59, the Local
Education Authority had requested the Committee to reconsider
the work involved in view of the anticipated transfer of the school
to other premises within a few years. A full discussion ensued,