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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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3—SCHOOL HYGIENE AND ACCOMMODATION.
The nominal accommodation for children in the schools during 1937 was as follows:—
| Brentford Schools— | Accommodation | |
| Ealing Road Junior Mixed | 440 | |
| Ealing Road Infants' | 300 | |
| St. George's Junior Mixed and Infants' | 366 | |
| St. John's Mixed and Infants' | 284 | |
| St. Paul's Junior Mixed and Infants' | 300 | |
| Clifden Road Infants' | 150 | |
| Brentford Senior Boys' | 360 | |
| Brentford Senior Girls' | 360 | |
| Lionel Road Junior Mixed and Infants' | 500 | |
| Canal Boat Children's Department | 80 | |
| 3,140 | ||
| 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 | 290 | |
| Strand-on-the-Green J unior Mixed | 350 | |
| Strand-on-the-Green Infants' | 338 | |
| 4,882 | ||
| Grand Total | 8,022 | |
The average attendance during the year was 5,000.
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