[Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / School Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1. STATISTICS The number of children on the school registers increased from 5,769 in January to 6,032 at the end of the year. New children to the number of 973 were admitted throughout the year. On attaining school-leaving age some 500 children left school and 210 left for other reasons. The average attendance of children for the year was 5,432, a percentage of 92.49. At the close of the year the numbers of children on the registers of the various schools were as follows :— Primary Schools Children Bourne Infants 220 Bourne Junior Mixed .. 305 Christ Church Infants .. 110 Christ Church Junior .. 219 Friday Street Infants and Junior Mixed . . 78 Grammar School Preparatory 60 Hampden Park Infants 281 Highfields County Primary 313 ^ High School Junior 172 Meads Infants and Junior Mixed 123 Motcombe County Infants 130 St. Andrew’s Infants .. 165 St. Andrew’s Junior Mixed 264 St. Joseph’s R.C. School St. Mary’s Boys St. Mary’s Girls St. Mary’s Infants St. Philip’s Infants 168 275 225 179 192 Trinity District 153 3,632 Special Schools Open Air 56 St. Aidan’s 43 Secondary Schools Bedewell 468 Bourne County 554 Friday Street.. 21 Hampden Park 222 St. Joseph’s R.C. 68 Grammar 366 High School . . 345 Commercial .. 140 Technical 117 Total .. 6,032