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In addition to the above, a nursery school is available each day in premises in Buck
Street, granted by the Trinity Presbyterian Church. The children have dinner, 1½ hours
sleep, and hot baths occasionally, the average attendance being about 28. The school is
affiliated to the Nursery School Association and two students from the North Western
Polytechnic take their practical training at the school. A trained social worker, whose
salary is paid from voluntary sources, is in charge, and assistance is given by a daily rota
of voluntary helpers. A doctor visits regularly, and a small business committee supervises
equipment.
Clinic for Ailing Mothers, and Children under School Age.
A weekly clinic is held by Dr. F. L. Provis at the St. Pancras Dispensary, 39, Oakley
Square. Patients are referred from the Town Hall, from the Welfare Centres, by the Health
Visitors, etc., to this clinic.

The Medical Officer of this Special Clinic is paid by the Borough Council. He is
assisted by a Nurse (part-time), the cost of whose service is defrayed as to one-half by the
Committee of the St. Pancras Dispensary and the other half by the Committee of the
Mayoress' Home. During the year the Nurse made 966 visits to the homes of children
under five.
The Dispensary Resident Medical Officer also made numerous home visits to sick
children under five years of age.
The cost of the other work of the Dispensary amongst women and children is defrayed
out of funds from voluntary sources, and is also subsidised by a block grant made by the
Borough Council in accordance with the scheme of the Ministry of Health.