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Creches.—There are four creches in Finsbury affording accommodation
for 136 children, and situated as follows :—
1. Claremont Hall Creche is in Pentonville, has room for 50
children, and is affiliated to the National Society of Day Nurseries.
It receives infants and children under five years, and is supervised
by a trained nurse. The charge is threepence a day for each
child.
2. St. Agnes Creche, 48, Amwell Street, belongs to the Sisters
of Bethany, Lloyd Square. It can receive 30 children under
school age, and is managed by one of the Sisters. The charge is
fourpence per day, but two children in one family are taken for
sixpence.
3. The Hope Mission Creche, Banner Street, belongs to The
London Congregational Union, and accommodates 40 infants
under school age. A few school children, however, who have
been brought up in the Creche are admitted for the mid-day meal
and again from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
It is controlled by a Sister, and the charge is threepence per
day per child.
4. The Guinness Buildings Creche, 97, Guinness Buildings,
Lever Street, is exclusively for the use of the Guinness Trust
tenants, and preference is given to the children of widows. It is
managed by one of the tenants and has room for 16 children of
various ages ranging from two months to ten years.
The children attending school come in to the mid-day meal and
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The charge is twopence per day for children under five years,
and threepence per day for those over five years.
Day Foster Mothers.—In addition to the four creches given
above, in which an honest attempt, more or less successful, is
made to help the children, there are in the Borough many women
who, for a small pittance, take charge, during the daytime, of the
children of poor mothers while these are out at work.