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 East Ham]
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LIST OF SCHOOLS, WITH ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER DETAILS.
SCHOOL. | Date opened. | Accommodation. | Artificial Lighting | Heating | Cleanliness. | REMARKS. | ||
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Infants. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||
Central Park Rd. | 1899 | 600 | 524 | 524 | Fairly good. By incandescent gas mantles | Radiators and open grates. The latter not of good design | Good | Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. Urinal flush inadequate. |
Essex Rd. | 1898 | 582 | 500 | 500 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners | Radiators and open grates | Fair | Drinking water supplied from cistern; practically inaccessible for cleaning. |
Fourth Avenue | 1890 | 330 | 408 | 408 | do. | Stoves and open grates | Fair | Drinking water from cistern. Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. Infants' School is a separate single storey building. |
Hartley Avenue | 1903 | 521 | 560 | 560 | do. | Radiators and open grates | Good | Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. Flushing arrangements of urinals unsatisfactory. |
High St. | 1874 | 357 | 358 | 405 | do. | Open grates | Fair | Old buildings of obsolete type. |
Kensington Ave. | 1901 | 541 | 516 | 516 | do. New light being tried | Radiators and open grates | Moderate | Urinal flush inadequate. Class rooms have north aspect. Cloak roams have south aspect. |
Lathom Road | 1808 | 571 | 480 | 480 | Inadequate. Ordigas burners | Slow combustion stoves in Main Hall. Open grates in Class Room. Former unsatisfactory | Fair | Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. Drinking water from cisterns. Urinal flush inadequate, w.c. seats unsatisfactory. |
Manor Park | 1893 | 400 | 400 | 400 | do. | Open grates | Moderate | No flush to boys' urinal, insufficient to infants'. Cloak room accommodation unsatisfactory. |
Monega Road | 1905 | 552 | 520 | 520 | do. | Radiators and open grates | Good | Urinal flush inadequate. Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. |
Napier Road | 1902 | 530 | 568 | 568 | do. | Radiators and open grates | Good | Outside drinking fountain from uncovered cistern. Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. |