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Lewisham 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE X.

Memorandum of the Number of Children attending Public Elementary and Certified Efficient Schools in the Parish of Lewisham, including the Hamlet of Penge, during the year ending 1880.

No.Names op 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', The Vale, Blackheath14014511812595
2Countess of Dartmouth's, Lewisham Road6091908468
3St. Stephen's, Horton Street, Lewisham422500496451385
4Board School, Elmira Street, Lewisham750676685666570
5St. Mary's, High Street, Lewisham585580582521448
6Board School (Tempo-rary), Rushey Green11270737358
7Episcopal, South End13643434238
8Bell Green (Day) Lower Sydenham8096848074
9St. Michael's, Lower Sydenham378493462446340
10St. Phillip's,R.C., Lower Sydenham8646444137
11St. Bartholomew's, Kirk-dale, Sydenham327382383369311
12Board School, Syden-ham Hill Road662615662599517
13St. Phillip's, Wells Road Sydenham157191188171130
14Holy Trinity, Dartmouth Road, Sydenham350320300290260
16Christ Church, Perry Vale Forest Hill372318310300241
10Board School, Grove Road, Forest Hill761746788751632
17Mrs. Miller's (Private) Malham Rd., Forest Hill3824202320
18St. John's, Penge728921
19St. Paul's, Penge190225215198170
20Miss Taylor's (Private), Penge20119 108
21Board School, Melvin Road, Penge.425374419399321
67796867690664925505
Taught at home67Showing a percentage of attendance of 79.8 or 8 attendances per week per child.
Attending Uncertified Schools131
Not attending any School from sickness too young, &c570Increase in 4 Years (1877 to 1881) as under.
Accommoda-tion.Number on Roll£Daily average
768156220471415