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Day Nurseries.
The only Day Nursery in the Borough is the St. Margaret's
Day Nursery at 8 and 10 Cambridge Road, which has accommodation
for about 25 children. There is a guest house attached for
the reception of boarders.
The staff consists of an honorary Medical Officer, matron, three
nurses, nine probationers and a kindergarten teacher. The Nursery,
which forms a component part of the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme, receives an annual grant from the Council and is
controlled by a Committee (upon which the Council is represented)
of the National Society of Day Nurseries. Towards the end of the
year the Committee took steps to acquire the adjoining premises,
No. 6, for the purpose of staff quarters.
Under the Local Government Act, 1929, the Nursery, in common
with other similar voluntary associations, ceased to receive a
direct grant from the Ministry of Health but a larger grant was
made by the Council (vide page 26).
During 1930 the attendances at the Nursery totalled 3,677.
Ambulance Service.
For some years past facilities have been afforded free of charge
by the London County Council for the conveyance by their ambulance
service of maternity cases of an urgent nature either by
day or night and for non-urgent cases between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 8 a.m. As a result of representations made to them by this
and other Metropolitan Borough Councils, the London County
Council in August, 1930, intimated that they were prepared to
extend this service to the conveyance of non-urgent cases between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. provided that :—
(i.) the Borough Council would undertake to pay an agreed sum
for the use of the ambulance and
(ii) the service was limited to cases approved by the Medical
Officer of Health.
The Council desired to avail themselves of these additional
facilities and an agreement was entered into with the London County
Council early in 1931.