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Handicapped Children
Eight handicapped children were admitted to Stonecroft Day Nursery, Hornsey during
the year. Two were partially deaf, three whose parents were deaf, one with post polio
paralysis, one mentally handicapped and the eighth was both blind and mentally handi
capped.
Plevna Day Nursery
It is anticipated that this nursery will be closed early in 1963 for demolition and
building of a new nursery on the existing site. In this event the Cornwall Road School
Clinic would be adapted as a temporary day nursery. These premises being smaller means
a reduction in the number of available places and it would not be possible to accommodate
any child under two years of age. Inevitably, the reduction of places must extend the
period of waiting for priority admissions and throw a heavier burden on the other two
nurseries, especially Park Lane Day Nursery, making it necessary that the establishment
of staff be kept at the highest level. It is expected that 32 places will be available,
with a slight increase for emergency admissions On this assumption, the number of
staff on the present ratio of staff to the number of places would only allow four staff
including the matron. This would be an impossible and even a dangerous situation,
especially during staff absenteeism because of sickness and annual leave.
Training of Nursery Nurses
Six student nursery nurses were accepted for training In addition, two students
were accepted for one year s practical training under a pilot scheme organised through
the aegis of the Tottenham Technical College. The second year of training w.ill be
undertaken in a nursery school before qualifying for the examination of the Nursery
Nurses Examination Board.