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Nurseries and Child-minders Regulations Act, 1948.—This Act,
which came into operation in August, 1948, requires, inter alia, that every
local health authority shall keep registers—
(a) of premises in their area, other than premises wholly or mainly
used as private dwellings, where children are received to be looked
after for the day or a substantial part thereof or for any longer
period not exceeding six days ;
(b) of persons in their area who for reward receive into their homes
children under the age of five to be looked after as aforesaid.

Clinic Premises.
(a) Manford Way Clinic.— The temporary Clinic at Nos. 30/32, Elmbridge
Road, Hainault, two houses rented from the London County Council, was
closed on the 18th July, 1951, the services carried on there being transferred
to the new Health Services Clinic in Manford Way, where the first session
was held on the 20th of that month. The Clinic serves the Uford, Forest
and Dagenham Health Areas and in addition to the maternity and child
welfare services (infant welfare, ante-natal and post-natal) provided for at
the temporary Clinic there are facilities there for dental, ophthalmic, orthopaedic,
diphtheria immunisation and minor ailment work.
(b) Fairlop Clinic.— In late November, 1951, the Ilford Committee for
Education requested that an endeavour be made to find alternative premises
for the Infant Welfare Centre held at Fairlop School on Saturday mornings,
as the accommodation used was required for school purposes. It has not
been possible to find suitable alternative premises in the Fairlop Area but at
the time of writing this Report arrangements have been made to hold an
additional session at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, Mossford Green, where
our Barkingside Clinic is held, to replace that held at Fairlop School. Mothers
from the Fairlop Area who find it more convenient to attend the Manford
Way Clinic, however, are being invited to attend there.
Infant Welfare Centres.— 100 voluntary lady helpers were engaged
in the work at the Infant Welfare Centres at the end of December, 1951.
During the year the following attendances were recorded:—
Total number of attendances of infants 44,419
First attendances 1,998
Attendances of children from 1 to 5 years 14,812
Total number of children on roll, December 31st, after
omission of all those who had not attended for six months 4,887

721 sessions were held during the year; the average attendance at each
session being 61 mothers with their infants.