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Brentford and Chiswick 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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Chiswick Schools.
Belmont Senior Mixed 320
Belmont Junior Mixed 394
Belmont Infants' 350
Beverley Road Infants' 450
Hogarth Senior Boys' 320
Hogarth Junior Boys' 450
Hogarth Senior Girls' 280
Hogarth Junior Girls' 450
Hogarth Infants' 250
Central Boys' 320
Central Girls' 320
Strand-on-the-Green Senior Mixed 300
Strand-on-the-Green Junior Mixed 350
Strand-on-the-Green Infants' 338
4892
Grand Total 7832
Special Subjects Schools.
In the Chiswick area there is a School of Cookery and
Housewifery in Horticultural Place, which has accommodation
for 36 girls. The Central Girls' School has its own Centre for
these subjects.
Each Boys' School has its own department for teaching
Handicraft and Carpentry.
In the Brentford area Cookery and Housewifery are taught
at the Ealing Road and Brentford Senior Schools.
At the Central School in Staveley Road is another Domestic
Centre consisting of completely fitted Cookery and Laundry
rooms, and a small flat for training purposes, consisting of
bedroom, living room and scullery.
There are also at this School, as in other boys' schools,
large classrooms equipped for teaching Woodwork, Engineering,
Art, Chemistry and Physics.
General Hygiene of the Schools.
The general hygiene of the schools is excellent, especially
in the new schools and great efforts have been made to improve
the conditions of St. Paul's School and St. George's School
with satisfactory results.