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Registered Day Nurseries and Child Minders-
1968
1967
Number of registered day nurseries
at 31st December
24
22
Number of places
710
678
Number of child minders registered
at 31st December
20
22
Number of children authorised
91
106
Voluntary Registration of Child Minders.
1968
1967
Number registered at 31st December
15
18
Number of children authorised
25
32
Play Groups.
This particular type of care for the pre-school child satisfies a real
need in the community and the demand for, and interest in, facilities
continue to increase. Many of them are organised and run by Parents*
Committees and there are also several voluntary organisations with strong
interests; some of these organisations are actively managing play groups
while others are advisory.
One useful function of the latter is the securing and maintenance of
adequate standards of accommodation for play groups within their
particular sphere of influence and this is of material assistance to the
Council in the exercise of their functions under the Nurseries and ChildMinders
Regulation Act, 1948. Many of the larger play groups are already
registered under this Act and, as a result of the amendments contained in
the 1968 Act, many more will require to register.
Care of the Unmarried Mother and her Child.
Information is available from the Greater London Council Research
and Intelligence Unit as to unmarried mothers in 1967.
The number of mothers (total illegitimate live births 672) referred
to moral welfare organisations in that year is as follows:-
London Diocesan Council
170
Crusade of Rescue
125
Southwark Catholic
Children's Society
1
Norwood Joint Committee
3
299 (Referred in
1966 - 370)