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The Day Nursery was established to meet the
needs of mothers who are under the necessity of
going out to work and who have no suitable
person with whom to leave their children. Children
can be left for whole or half-days, and it means
much to these mothers to know that their children
are being well looked after and fed, in many cases
in a manner which would be impossible in their
own homes. Children are admitted between the
ages of six weeks and five years, and a small
daily payment is required.
In every case the Matron receives a home
report of the circumstances of the child, and these
reports made by the Health Visitors are of great
value to Matron and myself.
Breast-feeding is not only encouraged but
insisted upon where possible, if only partially.
All the feeding of infants is done on the principle
of the use of breast standard milk, and the older
children get a diet which is based on modern
principles of dietetics.
An open-air life is strictly enforced and, winter
or summer, when the weather is suitable, the
children live out of doors. An old army hut in
the garden makes it possible for the children to
be out even in wet weather. They are not allowed
out in fog.