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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/Cab 20/Box 5/1/1 - 338
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/9/8/2/16
TitleSchool Board Correspondence, 1896
DescriptionLetters to the School Board from various people and organisations. Bundle covering January to March includes matters such as the calendar; fees for the upper department; repair and maintenance of school property and premises; absences and absenteeism; use of the Mission Hall; testimonials and applications for Pupil Teacher and cookery teacher; Penny Bank; NSPCC; receipts; grants; complaints; clothing of destitute children; uncomfortable temperature of cookery room; move of cookery lessons to the Victoria Institute; salary and rates of pay; National Union of Teachers; committee meetings; St John's Ambulance Classes; Labour certificate exam; holidays; overcrowding in Boys' School; use of school for Sunday School; treats; equipment for cookery lessons; tenders; School Board summonses and elections; Shrewsbury School Board; medical certificates; object lessons; use of piano; Sunday School Union re prize books; insurance; and Hereford Industrial School.

Bundle covering April to July includes matters such as city rates; receipts; Sunday School Union book prizes'; acknowledgements; opening of Red Hill School and appointment of Headmistress; vaccination; scholarships to Worcester Grammar School; school hours; Birmingham School Board; report on child cruelty; health and work attendance of Mabel Gyngell; letter from MP; apologies; applications, testimonials and resignations; NSPCC; attendance; supplies and equipment; labour certificate exam; Newcastle Races; complaint regarding teacher wax work show in High Street; grants; and Industrial School accounts.

Bundle covering August to December includes matters such as calendar; attendance figures; accounts; NSPCC; complaints about a teacher; samples sent for disinfectant; resignation; lantern lectures; Diphtheria epidemic and deaths; resignations, applications and references; medical certificates; use of school; tenders; Blue Book; closure of a private school; summonses for non-attendance; married women as teachers; truancy; sanitary arrangements at Cherry Orchard School; Penny Bank; Hounds Lane WCs; anonymous letter regarding a schoolchild; and exam results.
Date1896
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