London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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West Ham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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The following schools were fully inspected:—
Beckton Road (6) Frederick Road (4) Regents Lane (3)
Rosetta Road (5) Shipman Road (2) Custom House (2)
Russell Road (2) Holborn Road (2) St. Joachim's (2)
The Russell (1) Crosby Road St. Luke's (1)
Star Lane (1) Open-Air School (2) Holy Trinity (2)
S. Hallsville (3) Hilda Road (2) St. Margaret's (2) _
Hallsville (1) Hermit Road (3) Denmark Street (2)
St. Andrew's Clarkson Street (1) Grange Road
Cave Road St. Helen's Balaam Street
Stock Street Holbrook Road
The figures indicate the number of times the schools were
fully re-inspected for the above purpose.
Total number of children inspected: 50,763.
These numbers do not figure in the statistical tables as
"Specials."
(1) The Grove school
(2) The Russell School
Higher Elementary Schools.
(3) The West Ham Secondary School.
(4) The Plaistow Secondary School.
(5) St. Angela's High School for Girls.
(6) West Ham High School for Girls.
(7) A few boys hold their scholarships at St. Bonaventure's.
Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6 have been dealt with in separate reports.
The Grove School.
All the pupils at the Grove School are scholarship children
from the Elementary Schools.
The School is visited twice annually, when entrants and
leavers are examined.
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The number examined were as follows:—

BoysGirls
Entrants2041
Intermediates1634
Leavers2758

(23) Miscellaneous.
All scholarship children are medically examined soon after
taking up their scholarships. The schools at which such scholarships
are held are: