From the 1912 street directory:

Clubs and Societies, with their secretaries

Colliers Wood Liberal Club & Institute; B. Doggett
Mitcham Conservative & Unionist Association; Arthur Edmund Hayne
Mitcham Conservative & Unionist Club; A. J. Craig
Mitcham Cricket Club; R. Chart
Mitcham Liberal Association; G. H. Barson
Mitcham Liberal Club; F. Horsfield
Mitcham Park Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club; William Crockford
Mitcham Women’s Liberal Association; Mrs. Selby
National Deposit Friendly Society; George Thomas Heard
St. Barnabas’ Men’s Club; W. G. Woodward
Singlegate Working Men’s Club; George Thomas Heard

Places of Worship

SS. Peter & Paul Church, Church street, Lower Mitcham; Rev. Canon Daniel Frederic Wilson M.A.
Christ Church, Christchurch road, Merton; Rev. Donald McDonald M.A.
St. Mark’s Church, St. Mark’s road, Upper Mitcham; Rev. James Orlando Gooch M.A., A.K.C.L
SS. Peter & Paul, Catholic, Cranmer road, Lower Mitcham; Rev. Joshua Pooley
Baptist Chapel, Clarendon grove, Upper Mitcham; Rev. Ebenezer Lewis
Zion Congregational, Upper green; Rev. Robert Richman
United Methodist Church, Lower green east; Rev. E. Genner
Wesleyan Methodist (Central Hall), Upper Green, Mitcham; Rev. Frank Spencer

Postboxes

PILLAR LETTER BOX, Ashbourne road; cleared at 8.15 & 11.35 a.m. & 3.35, 8.15 & 9.30 p.m.; Sundays, 6.45 p.m
PILLAR LETTER BOX, Mitcham common (East side); cleared at 8 & 11.30 a.m. & 3.45 & 7.45 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Church street; cleared at 8.50 a.m. & 12.10, 3.50, 6.5, 8.10 & 9.25 p.m.; Sun. 6.50 p.m
PILLAR LETTER BOX, Lower green; cleared at 8.55 a.m. & 12.20, 4.5, 6, 8.20 & 9.20 p.m.; Sundays, 6.35 p.m
PILLAR LETTER BOX, Wolseley road; cleared at 8.15 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.30 & 7.45 p.m.; Sundays, 6.15 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Phipps Bridge road; cleared at 9.5 & 10.55 a.m. & 12.25, 2.50, 4.45, 6.50, 7.45 & 11.10 p.m.; Sundays 8.40 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Spencer road; cleared at 8.15 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.45, 7.45 & 8.55 p.m.; Sun. 6.15 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Western road; cleared at 8.15 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.45 & 7.45 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Lower Mitcham Railway station; cleared at 9 a.m. 12 noon & 4 & 8.15 p.m.; Sundays, 7.15 p.m
WALL LETTER BOX, Grove road; cleared at 8 & 11.30 a.m. & 3.30 & 7.30 p.m.; Sundays, 8 a.m
PILLAR LETTER BOX, Figgs Marsh; cleared at 8.30 & 11.50 a.m. & 3.45, 5.45, 7.45 & 9.10 p.m.; Sundays, 6.30 p.m

Public Elementary Schools

Fortescue Road School, Merton: This school accommodated 350 boys, 350 girls, and 300 infants. The average attendance was 329 for mixed and infant classes. The headmaster was H. J. Davis, and the headmistress was Miss A. Fawcett. Miss E. Freshwater served as the infants’ mistress. The school also had instructors for cookery and laundry.

Gorringe Park School, Streatham Road: Built in 1907 and expanded in 1911, this school had a capacity for 350 boys, 350 girls, and 300 infants. R. T. Jones was the master, Miss E. Fagg was the mistress, and Miss A. E. Hughes was the infants’ mistress. The school offered instruction in woodwork, gardening, cookery, and laundry.

Lower Mitcham School, Church Street: Constructed in 1897, this school could hold 280 boys, 280 girls, and 330 infants. The average attendance was 290 boys, 241 girls, and 240 infants. J. D. Clarke was the master, Miss Ross was the mistress, and Miss Ellen Smith was the infants’ mistress.

Lonesome School, Eastfields, Grove Road: This mixed school, built in 1903, had a capacity of 258 children and was overseen by Miss Maria Marlow.

St. Mark’s Road School, Upper Mitcham: This school, established in 1884, had separate facilities for boys and girls. The girls’ and infants’ school accommodated 212 girls and 214 infants. The boys’ school, built in 1896, had a capacity of 300. The average attendance across both schools was 290 boys, 212 girls, and 202 infants. George R. Waters served as the master, Miss Amy S. Beddoe as the mistress, and Miss Hunt as the infants’ mistress.

Singlegate School, Christchurch Road, Merton: Built in 1874 and expanded multiple times, this school had a capacity for 450 boys, 420 girls, and 450 infants. The average attendance was 440 boys, 380 girls, and 400 infants. Archd. W. Dall held a Bachelor of Arts degree and served as the master, Miss Florence Kate Taylor was the mistress with a Licentiate of Letters in Arts, and Miss Mary Edwards was the infants’ mistress.

Tooting Junction (Links) School: This temporary iron building, erected in 1910, could accommodate 320 children and had an average attendance of 250. Mrs. Florence Amelia Johnson served as the mistress.
Upper Green School: Built in 1842, this school had a capacity for 190 children and an average attendance of 168.

Zion Congregational School had 6 managers. The managers were G.J. Dale, Alfred E. Gardner, Henry Love, Robert Richman, Ephraim Simmons, and John Stickings. Located at Upper Green. Average attendance of 168 children.

Mitcham Catholic School: Lower Mitcham, Lower green east. Catholic (mixed), erected about 1867 & enlarged in 1897 & 1908, for 180 children; average attendance, 120; Miss A. Derham, mistress.

Holborn Union Schools, London road, Upper Mitcham

Superintendent: William Lane Drury
Matron: Mrs. E. Kate Drury
Chaplain: Rev. Sydney Jackson
Superintendent Nurse: Miss F. K. Jones
Schoolmaster: Thomas R. Knight
Schoolmistress: Miss Elizabeth Boto

The workhouse has a capacity for 1,066 inmates.