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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH ACCOMMODATION, & DETAILS OF LIGHTING & HEATING.
| SCHOOL. | Date opened, | Accommodation, Infants. Boys. Girls. | Artificial Lighting | .Heating. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Beckton | 1887 | 420 | 372 | 300 | Inadequate. Ordinary gasburners. | Radiators, not well distributed. |
| North "Woolwich | 1893 | 472 | Inadequate. | Stoves and open grates. | ||
| Plashet Lane | 1890 | 535 | 596 | 520 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas 1 minors. | Radiators, hot water pipesj&opeu grates. |
| Sandring-Ham Rd. | 1896 | 780 | 620 | 620 | do. | Radiators and open grates. |
| Shaftesbury RD. | 1894 | 69X | 600 | 600 | Bray's burners and incandescent mantles. | Radiators and open grates |
| Shrewsbury Rd. | 1887 | 254 | 410 | 34X | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners. | Open grates. |
| Vicarage Lane | 1911 | 516 | 516 | Electric Light. | New School. | |
| Walton Road | 1900 | 629 | 540 | 540 | Inadequate. Ordinary gas burners. | Open grates of obsolete type. |
| *Castle St. R.C. | 1903 | 60 | 240 | do. | Radiaters and open grates. | |
| *Silver-town R.C. | 212 | 348 | do. | 1 gas stove, slow combustion stoves and open grates. | ||
| *St. Wine-fride's R.C. | 1909 | 300 | do. | Open grates. | ||
* Non-provided Schools.
SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.
There are 21 Schorls, including three non-provided
Schools. The total accommodation is 26,409, and the number
of children on the r gisters at the end of last year was 25,124.
The new School at Vicarage Lane w.ts op ned in January, 1911.