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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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LIST OF SCHOOLS, WITH ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER DETAILS.— Continued.
| SCHOOL. | Date opened. | Accommodation. | Artificial Lighting. | Heating. | Cleanliness. | REMARKS. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants. | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||
| New Beckton | 1887 | 420 | 372 | 300 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners | Radiators, not well distributed | Moderate | Insufficient fall to urinals. No flushing arrangements. Latrines not well kept. |
| North Woolwich | 1893 | 472 | — | — | Inadequate | Stoves and open grates | Very moderate | Latrines and urinals obsolete and unsatisfactory; not well kept. |
| Plashet Lane | 1890 | 535 | 596 | 520 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners | Radiators, hot water pipes, and open grates | Fair | No flush to urinals. Latrines not satisfactory. |
| Sandringham Rd. | 1896 | 780 | 620 | 620 | do. | Radiators and open grates | Good | Insufficient flush to urinals, Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. Drinking-water from uncovered cistern. |
| Shaftes bury Rd. | 1894 | 698 | 600 | 600 | Bray's burners and incandescent mantles | Radiators and open grates | Fair | Ditto. |
| Shrews bury Rd. | 1887 | 254 | 410 | 348 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners | Open grates | Moderate | Insufficient flush to urinals. Latrines unsatisfactory. Tobin's tubes inaccessible for cleaning. |
| Vicarage Lane | — | 204 | — | — | — | — | An old building, soon to be closed | |
| Walton Road | 1900 | 629 | 540 | 540 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners | Open grates of obsolete type. | Good | Drinking water cistern practically inaccessiblefor cleaning. Urinal flush inadequate. Class rooms have north aspect. |
| Castle St. R.C. | 1903 | 60 | 240 | do. | Radiators and open grates. | Fair | Playground unpaved. Drinking water from uncovered cistern. No flush to urinals. | |
| Silvertown R.C. | — | 212 | 348 | do. | 1 gas stove, slow combustion stoves and open grates | Very moderate | Gas stove objectionable. No flush to Infants' urinals. Premises not well kept. | |
| St. Wine fride's R.C. | 1909 | 300 | do. | Open grates | Good | New School. | ||
*Non-provided Schools.