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(2) Chelsea Day Nursery, Flood Street, S.W.3.
The Chelsea Day Nursery provides accommodation for fifty children.
In addition to two large nurseries with verandahs for toddlers and
children also nursery for infants, there are bathrooms, a kitchen and an
enclosed courtyard for the children to play in.
The Nursery is ably administered and is much appreciated in the
Borough.

The health of the children has been satisfactory.
Dr. C. K. Hamilton is Medical Officer to the Nursery and makes a
weekly inspection of the children.
(3) Chelsea Mothercraft Home.—Manor Street, S.W.3.
The Mothercraft Training Home provides accommodation for six
nursing mothers, with their babies, for the treatment of lactation difficulties,
and for three normal breast-fed infants whose mothers are
employed as maids in the home. There is also accommodation for seven
or more premature and other babies, requiring special care and dieting.
In addition, there is an observation nursery to which four nursing mothers
may come during the day, with their babies, for test feeds and instruction.
The wards open on to a balcony and roof garden.
The Home is efficiently administered and the arrangements instituted
for the treatment of lactation cases have proved eminently satisfactory.
The following Table No. 29 shows the work carried out in the Home
during; the past year:—