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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
Tottenham 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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WAR-TIME NURSERIES.
| Nurseries. | Children Places. | Opened | Attendances, 1942. | Total. | Days Open. | Av. Daily Attendance | Saturdays & Other ½-Days | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January to March. | April to June. | July to September. | October to December. | Total. | Attendances, | No. of ½-days | Average. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 2 | Over 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Municipal Day Nursery ParkLane equipped for: Under 2 yrs. of age 20 Over 2 yrs. of age 30 | 50 | 1940 April 10 | 1,007 | 1,652 | 958 | 1,779 | 1,147 | 1,484 | 1,150 | 1,634 | 4,262 | 6,549 | 10,811 | 256 | 42.2 | 1,205 | 51 | 23.6 | ||||
| Wartime Day Nursery Vale Road School for: Under 2 yrs. of age 30 Over 2 yrs. of age 30 | 60 | 1941 April 28 | 1,593 | 1,696 | 1,718 | 1,565 | 2,219 | 1 ,565 | 1,539 | 1,812 | 7,069 | 6,638 | 13,707 | 256 | 53.5 | 883 | 51 | 17.3 | ||||
| Wartime Day Nursery Lordship Lane for: Under 2 yrs. of age 15 Over 2 yrs. of age 25 | 40 | 1942 Sept. 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 841 | 1,030 | 841 | 1,030 | 1,871 | 64 | 29.2 | 219 | 12 | 18.3 | ||||
| Wartime Day Nursery Downhills School for: Under 2 yrs. of age — Over 2 yrs. of age 40 | 40 | 1942 Aug. 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 936 | - | 2,131 | - | 3,067 | 3,067 | 99 | 30.9 | 255 | 19 | 13.4 | ||||
| Wartime Day Nursery Parkhurst School for: Under 2 yrs. of age — Over 2 yrs. of age 40 | 40 | 1942 Aug. 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 878 | - | 2,159 | - | 3,037 | 3,037 | 99 | 30.7 | 210 | 19 | 11.0 | ||||
| Total under 2, 65 Over 2, 165 | 230 | Total = 268 | - | 2,600 | 3,348 | 2,676 | 3,314 | 3,366 | 4,863 | 3,530 | 8,766 | 12,172 | 20,321 | 32,493 | - | - | 2,772 | - | - | |||
| Evacuated Nursery, Bengeo, Hertford for: | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In residence 31.12.41 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discharged during 1942 includes 6 school age | 23=14:X22 admitted=36 in residebce 31.12.42. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 yr. | Over 1 and Under 2. | Over 2 and Under 3. | Over 3 and Under 4. | Over 4 and Under 5. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||
| Bengeo House | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Park Lane | 17 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vale Road | 25 | 35 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 122 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lordship Lane | 7 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Downhills | - | - | 26 | 34 | 7 | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parkhurst | - | - | 25 | 25 | 12 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 50 | 79 | 123 | 124 | 43 | 419 | ||||||||||||||||