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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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for specialist diagnosis and treatment.
(c) Hospitals.- Several hospitals continued to send
summaries of their discharge reports in regard to children,
notably Whipps Cross, St. Anns and IIford Infectious
Disease Hospitals, Canadian Red Cross and the Prince of
Wales Hospitals.
The nursing staff continued to visit Dr. Hinden' s
children's wards at Whipps Cross Hospital.

Table: 4. SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATIONAccommodation.-The following table shows the number of schools in the Borough at the 31st December:

4. SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation.-The following table shows the number of schools in the Borough at the 31st December:

BoysGirlsMixedInfantsNursery
County Secondary Grammar12---
County Secondary Technical--2--
County Secondary Modern228--
County Primary Junior2212--
County Primary Infants---15-
Voluntary Secondary Modern--1--
Voluntary Primary--32-
County Nursery----1
Special Schools for
Deaf--1--
Educationally Subnormal--1--
Partially Sighted--1--
Physically Handicapped--1--
19591958195719561955
Number of Children on Register 31st Dec.18, 92019,74320,18220,22420,072
Average attendance16922.617716.017552.318328.218014.0
Percentage attendance89.492, 287.290.689.7

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Educational Premises.- The following extracts are taken
from the Annual Report of the Borough Education Officer to
the Committee for Education:-
Maintenance of Premises.
Although the total annual expenditure under this head
was not large compared with the sums spent on capital