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St. Agatha's House, 39, Lancaster Grove.
This Home receives unmarried expectant mothers for 3 months
prior to their confinements, who return, with their infants, for 3 months.
It has accommodation for 10 mothers and 5 babies. During the year
24 expectant mothers were admitted.
Day Nurseries.
The Hampstead and North St. Pancras Day Nursery occupies
commodious premises at 27 & 29, Pond Street. There are 45-50 places
in the Nursery for children under 5 years of age. The total number
of attendances made during 1938 was 7,702. The Nursery is controlled
by a Voluntary Committee and the Borough Council contributes £400
per annum towards its expenses. By an arrangement with this Voluntary
Committee the Borough Council rents a portion of the premises
for the purpose of Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics.
Proposed Day Nursery at Kilburn.
For some time consideration has been given to the question of the
establishment of a Day Nursery or Creche in the Kilburn area.
Representations had been made by various bodies in the district, and
as a result of investigations which were made the Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee were satisfied that a need existed for the establishment
of a Day Nursery in the area. This need was further emphasised
by the fact that the London County Council had in hand a scheme for
rehousing some 550 persons at Kilburn Vale. The greatest difficulty
has been experienced in finding a suitable site for the purpose, and even
had such a site been available, the cost of acquisition and of the
erection of a suitable building would, probably, have been prohibitive.
The Borough Council had previously decided that in the event of
any County Council housing estates being built in Hampstead the
Borough Council would consider the necessity for the provision of a
Day Nursery upon the site, on the understanding that the accommodation
would be available for the purposes of Maternity and Child
Welfare throughout the Borough or otherwise, as the Borough Council,
being the Maternity and Child Welfare authority, should decide. It
was subsequently agreed between the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing
Joint Committee and the County Council that the latter should be
authorised to provide sites or buildings on their housing estates for