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Child Welfare Centres
Attendances at the six Child Welfare Centres has been well maintained.
Although some of the Centres are conducted in old buildings,
it can be said that the Borough is well catered for, as apart from the
northern area with its more scattered population, generally there is
a Centre within a mile radius of every home.
Attendance figures were made up as follows:—
Baptist Church, Hall, Aldersbrook 1534
Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Bridge 2140
St. Barnabas Church Hall, Snakes Lane 3429
Fullers Road, South Woodford 3148
Cromwell Hall, Nightingale Lane, Wanstead 2456
Holy Trinity, Hermon Hill, South Woodford 3129
TOTAL 15,836
Welfare Foods
The distribution of Welfare Foods continued on the lines indicated
in my last report, being undertaken entirely by members of the
Women's Voluntary Services.
Foods are available at all the Child Welfare centres in the Borough
during hours of session and also at the W.V.S. Headquarters, 79, High
Street, Wanstead, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m.—4 p.m.
Day Nursery
The average daily attendance at the Day Nursery, which has accommodation
for 50 children, was 30.7, slightly up on 1954.
My sincere thanks are due to the Women's Voluntary Services
members for the great assistance they give by undertaking this
service.