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A charge of 6d. per day is made for each child attending
the Nursery. No children residing outside the Borough were
admitted during the year. The revenue from this source
amounted to £256 3s. Od. during 1931.
A medical record card is made out for each child. This
card has been drawn up to conform with those used in the
Maternity and Child Welfare and School Medical Departments.
This enables the medical record to be transferred
with the child and attached to its school medical record when
it commences school.
All the toddlers in the Nursery were inspected by the
Dental Surgeon in January and June. The condition of the
teeth of the older children was remarkably good. Over 50
per cent. of them were entirely free from dental caries.
Fourteen children were found to require treatment, and this
was carried out at the dental clinic. In no case was treatment
refused.
Three children were also seen by the oculist at the
Health Centre. Glasses were prescribed in two cases. Regular
routine medical inspection of children at the Nursery was
also undertaken. As far as possible the children are examined
every three months. Any child whose condition is not
considered satisfactory, is brought to the attention of the
medical staff during the weekly visits.
Any child who, on admission to the Nursery, is found to
be suffering from any suspicious illness, is immediately
placed in the isolation room and all precautions taken until
it has been medically examined.
Towards the end of the year a number of cases of
chicken-pox occurred amongst the children attending the
Nursery. One of the nursing staff also developed the disease.
Apart from these cases the children at the Nursery remained
remarkably free from infectious diseases. The health of the
children and staff was very satisfactory throughout the year.
Every week the Public Health Department forwards to
the Matron of the Day Nursery the names and addresses of
school children who are absent on account of infectious
diseases. This enables the Matron to ascertain whether any
of the Nursery children are coming from infected homes.
Such children are immediately excluded.
There is no doubt that the Nursery meets a very real
need in South Wimbledon.
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