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 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | All Saints', The Vale, Blackheath | 140 | 145 | 118 | 125 | 95 |
2 | Countess of Dartmouth's, Lewisham Road | 60 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 68 |
3 | St. Stephen's, Horton Street, Lewisham | 422 | 500 | 496 | 451 | 385 |
4 | Board School, Elmira Street, Lewisham | 750 | 676 | 685 | 666 | 570 |
5 | St. Mary's, High Street, Lewisham | 585 | 580 | 582 | 521 | 448 |
6 | Board School (Tempo-rary), Rushey Green | 112 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 58 |
7 | Episcopal, South End | 136 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 38 |
8 | Bell Green (Day) Lower Sydenham | 80 | 96 | 84 | 80 | 74 |
9 | St. Michael's, Lower Sydenham | 378 | 493 | 462 | 446 | 340 |
10 | St. Phillip's,R.C., Lower Sydenham | 86 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 37 |
11 | St. Bartholomew's, Kirk-dale, Sydenham | 327 | 382 | 383 | 369 | 311 |
12 | Board School, Syden-ham Hill Road | 662 | 615 | 662 | 599 | 517 |
13 | St. Phillip's, Wells Road Sydenham | 157 | 191 | 188 | 171 | 130 |
14 | Holy Trinity, Dartmouth Road, Sydenham | 350 | 320 | 300 | 290 | 260 |
16 | Christ Church, Perry Vale Forest Hill | 372 | 318 | 310 | 300 | 241 |
10 | Board School, Grove Road, Forest Hill | 761 | 746 | 788 | 751 | 632 |
17 | Mrs. Miller's (Private) Malham Rd., Forest Hill | 38 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 20 |
18 | St. John's, Penge | 728 | 921 | |||
19 | St. Paul's, Penge | 190 | 225 | 215 | 198 | 170 |
20 | Miss Taylor's (Private), Penge | 20 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
21 | Board School, Melvin Road, Penge. | 425 | 374 | 419 | 399 | 321 |
6779 | 6867 | 6906 | 6492 | 5505 | ||
Taught at home | 67 | Showing a percentage of attendance of 79.8 or 8 attendances per week per child. | ||||
Attending Uncertified Schools | 131 | |||||
Not attending any School from sickness too young, &c | 570 | Increase in 4 Years (1877 to 1881) as under. | ||||
Accommoda-tion. | Number on Roll | £ | Daily average | |||
768 | 1562 | 2047 | 1415 |