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Tottenham 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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ties, has accommodation for 20 children. On the 31st December,
21 Tottenham children were inmates of the school, and 20
children were out on license. There were 7 children in
Industrial Schools under the Children Act.
The cost per head of children dealt with under the
Elementary Education Act, 1870, was 7s. per week, and in
the case of those under the Children Act, 1908 (Sec. 58), 4s.
per week.
OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS, SCHOOL CAMPS, Etc.
No arrangements have so far been made to provide for
scholars requiring special treatment of this kind.
EXAMINATIONS BY THE MEDICAL
OFFICER.
53 Teachers and 2 Attendance Officers were
examined during the course of the year; 1 of the Teachers
was referred for subsequent examination, and ultimately
passed.
The following table shows the number of teachers in the
various departments of the Tottenham Schools :—
(a) PROVIDED SCHOOLS.
Boys. Girls. Infants. Mixed. Deaf.
192 188 177 45 9
(b) NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS.
Boys. Girls. Infants. Mixed.
12 27 21 19
There are also 11 Student Teachers.