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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Leyton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Number of Children in Attendance and Awaiting Admission . The following list shows the numbers of children in each category (a) in attendance at, and ( b ) awaiting admission to, each of the two nurseries at the end of December, 1950.
| Category. | Knotts Green. | Ellingham Road. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) In attendance. | (b) Awaiting admission. | (a) In attendance. | (b) Awaiting admission. | |
| 1. a Employed unmarried mothers who wish to keep their children with them when not at work | 7 | - | 9 | - |
| 1. b Motherless children | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. a Employed widows | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| 2.b Divorced from husbands | - | - | 3 | - |
| 2. c Separated from husbands | 9 | 3 | 12 | - |
| 2.d Deserted by husbands | 4 | - | - | - |
| 2. e Those who have children of whom the husband is not the father | 1 | - | - | - |
| 3. Mothers employed in industries vital to production for essential home needs and for export | 33 | 81 | 28 | 100 |
| 4. Mothers who are ill or being confined | — | — | 4 | — |
| 60 | 84 | 60 | 100 | |
National Nursery Examination Board.
Five student nurses were successful in obtaining the Certificate
of the National Nursery Examination Board during the year.
Since the Nurseries were opened in 1942, out of 39 students
who have sat for the examinations 38, have been successful in
obtaining the Certificate.