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Richmond upon Thames 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
POPULATION.
The population of Richmond upon Thames at mid-1971 was 174,310 (1970—
174,550) of which 21,433 (1970—21,187) were school children in maintained schools.
I am indebted to Miss V. C. King, B.Sc., Deputy Chief Education Officer, for the
information given in Table I. below, Table XVII on pages 81 and 82 and for the information
on Meals and Milk in schools on page 90.

Table I.

SCHOOL POPULATION (as at 20.1.72)

No. of schoolsNumber on RegistersTotal
BoysGirls
Secondary Grammar51,5821,5663,148
Secondary Modern112,4932,3374,830
Primary526,5816,40712,988
6810,65610,31020,966
Nursery24555100
Day Special Schools/Units for
(i) Educationally subnormal children211375188
(ii) Severely sub-normal children2583593
(iii) Maladjusted children:
Junior1391554
Infant122426
Autistic Unit1516
9282185467
Total7710,93810,49521,433

An increase of 246 pupils compared with the number in the previous year should
be noted.
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