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In addition to the attendances referred to above, two
Kensington children were accommodated in nurseries under the
control of the Paddington Borough Council from the 1st
January to the 31st March, 1947, and the Council contributed
£19.l6s.8d. towards the cost.
Following enquiries into the hours worked by mothers
of children attending the day nurseries, it was found that
some mothers were not in full-time employment and others had
failed to notify changes in their work as required by the
Council's conditions of admission to nurseries. Revised
rules of admission were adopted by the Council in October,
1947, with the object of ensuring that children of mothers in
full-time employment were given prior consideration in the
filling of vacancies in the nurseries as they occurred from
time to time.
On 1st July, 1947, the Ministry of Health issued Circular
119/47, which provided inter alia that, in order to bring day
nurseries into line with nursery schools, liquid milk (for
drinking purposes only) would be available free of charge from
1st July to all day nurseries. The amount available i6 twothirds
of a pint daily for each child, and the Government
reimburse the cost up to the price which is or should be paid
for ordinary non-designated milk, and which does not exceed the
maximum retail price. During the last six months of the year
in which this arrangement was in force, the gross saving to
the Council was about £350.
Registered Daily Guardians.
The scheme for the registration of daily guardians to
care for children for whom no place can be found in day nurseries
was continued during 1947. Under this scheme the Council
make a payment to the guardian, in addition to the mother's
contribution, of 6s.0d. per week for each child taken for
four days or more per week, and 3s.0d. for each child taken
for less than four days per week.
During the year, 72 children were cared for, and
the cost to the Council amounted to £246.l8s.0d.
At the end of the year, there are on the register 29
daily guardians who were caring for 29 children.