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Lewisham 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE X.

Memorandum of the. Numbers of Children of school age at fouling Public Elementary and Certified Efficient Schools in the Parish of Lewisham, including the Hamlet of Penge, during the year ending1879.

No.Names of the Schools and where situated.! Accommodation.Average number on the Roll during the year.Number on the Roll at end of the year.Highest number in attendance on any one day.Average daily attendance during the year.
1All Saints', Infants, Blackheath14011011412190
2Countess of Dartmouth's, Lewisham Road6081817448
3St. Stephen's, Horton Street, Lewisham422437459401333
4* Board School, Elmira Street, Lewisham603612597592497
5St. Mary's, High Street, Lewisham585612585530443
6*Board School (Infants' only), Rushey Green11251535240
7Episcopal, South End13643464640
8Bell Green, Day Schools8065716450
9St. Michael's, Lower Sydenham378334381335246
10St. Phillip's, R.C., Lower Sydenham8656625441
11St. Bartholomew's, Kirk-dale, Sydenham327378375368291
12* Board School, Syden-ham Hill Road662633634572479
13St. Phillip's, Wells Road157160161145120
14Holy Trinity, Dartmouth Road350301308282239
15Christ Church, Perry Vale372291297270218
16Board School, Grove Road, Forest Hill761783663727591
17Mrs. Miller's, Malham Road, Forest Hill3829222018
18St. John's National, Penge728915935868742
19St.Paul's, Hadlow Place, Penge190172169143120
20* Board School, Jasmine Grove, Penge423315276279223
66106411628959434869
Attending Uncertified Schools239Showing a per centage of 75¾, or nearly 7¾ attendance per child per week.
Not attending any Schools from sickness115
Not attending any Schools, being under 5 years584
Total absentees, being cripples, &c.15
953