Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Seven Sisters School.
Modernisation and improvement works, comprising alterations to
children's offices, new wash bowls with hot and cold water,
heated clothes racks, widening of corridors, new flooring
throughout, and the provision of Nursery Classrooms, etc.
Provision of 160 tables and 320 chairs, and classroom cupboards,
Stamford Hill School.
Relaying of corridor in Infants' Department with "Granwood"
composite flooring. Installation of six modern drinking
fountains. Provision of 40 tables and 80 chairs.
Woodlands School.
Removal of steppings and forming level floors in 12 classrooms.
Fitting-out 12 classrooms with exhibition panels and sliding
blackboards. Provision of 120 tables and 320 chairs.
General.
In addition to the general maintenance and upkeep of school
premises a considerable number of blackboards, desks, tables,
cupboards, and other items of school furniture have been
renovated and repaired, or replaced by new. Teachers' obsolete
classroom desks are being replaced by modern tables, and
general improvements in the Staff Rooms are being constantly
carried out.
MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Description of arrangements made and methods adopted for the
medical inspection of children :—
The age-groups examined were those prescribed by the Board of
Education. See statistical tables, page 41.
The arrangements made and methods adopted for the medical
inspection of the children were described in the Annual Report for 1935.