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Hornsey 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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of 1953 there were 133 Daily Guardians on the register of whom 68
were minding 79 children. The number of individual children minded
during the year was 174 and they were in the care of Guardians for
17,559 days. These figures compare with 148 and 18,876 respectively
for 1952.
Day Nurseries
The following table shows the number of children on the registers
at the end of the year and the attendances made during the year.
Comparative figures for 1951 and 1952 are also given.
TABLE 4
| Name of Day Nursery | No. of approved places | No. of children on register at end of the year | Total No. of attendances | Average daily attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 2 | 2-5 | Under 2 | 2-5 | Under 2 | 2-5 | Total | ||
| Ladywell | 24 | 50 | 17 | 40 | 2,785 | 5,256 | 8,041 | 31.5 |
| Red Gables | 23 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 2,650 | 3,965 | 6,615 | 26.0 |
| Stonecroft | 15 | 45 | 8 | 8 | 1,717 | 4,806 | 6,523 | 25.6 |
| Lordship Lane | 10 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1,965 | 4,707 | 6,672 | 26.2 |
| Park Lane | 20 | 30 | 14 | 30 | 2,540 | 4,369 | 6,909 | 27.1 |
| Plevna | 20 | 30 | 16 | 36 | 3,013 | 6,938 | 9,951 | 39.0 |
| Totals 1953 | 112 | 208 | 66 | 131 | 14,670 | 30,041 | 44,711 | 175.4 |
| Totals 1952 | 112 | 208 | 83 | 153 | 20,521 | 46,166 | 66,687 | 260.0 |
| Totals 1951 | 112 | 208 | 114 | 232 | 21,867 | 45,479 | 67,346 | 262.0 |
Priority Dental Service
During the year the dental officers were able to devote approximately
15% of their time to the priority dental service. This is an
improvement over previous years as will be seen from the following
table. With the development of the dental service the percentage
should rise to 20%, which is accepted as the proportion of the whole
dental service which should be devoted to the priority classes, i.e.,
expectant and nursing mothers and children under five years of age.
A new dental clinic was completed at the end of the year and we were
fortunate in obtaining the services of a newly qualified dental officer
for it. A second new dental clinic has since been completed, but at the
time of writing this report the services of another dental officer have
not been obtained.
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