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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
Walthamstow 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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GENERAL INFORMATION- REPORT FOR 1920.
| Boys | Girls | Infants | Mixed | Seating Accommodation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Infants | Mixed | |||||
| Provided | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 7651 | 7353 | 6834 | 2715 |
| Non-provided | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 472 | 437 | 314 |
| Special Schools— | ||||||||
| Mentally Defective | 1 | 1 | — | — | 65 | 65 | - | — |
| Deaf and Dumb | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 20 |
| Myope Centre | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 120 |
| Total | 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 7960 | 7890 | 7271 | 3169 |
1919 1920
Number of children on Register, December 31st 24,170 23,861
Average attendance 20,019 19,599
Percentage attendance 82.8 82.1
Estimated mid-year population 127,684 132,771
Percentage of school children to population 19.0 18.0