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Day Nurseries.
The only Day Nursery in the Borough is the St. Margaret's
Day Nursery at 8 and 10 Cambridge Road, which since 1927 has
been incorporated with the National Society of Day Nurseries.
The Battersea Nursery continues, however, to be administered by
a local committee upon which the Borough Council is represented.
There is accommodation for about 25 children, and a guest house
is attached for the reception of boarders.
The Council make an annual grant of £555 to the Nursery
(vide p. 21).
Two small outbreaks of infectious disease, viz., chicken-pox
and measles, occurred during the year among the children attending
the Nursery. Prompt measures were taken to deal with the situation,
with the result that the outbreaks were prevented from reaching
alarming proportions.
During 1931 the attendances at the Nursery totalled 4,217.
Ambulance Service.
For some years past facilities have been afforded free of charge
by the London County Council for the conveyance by their ambulance
service of maternity cases of an urgent nature either by
day or night, and for non-urgent cases between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 8 a.m. As a result of representations made to them by this
and other Metropolitan Borough Councils, the London County
Council have agreed to extend this service to the conveyance of
non-urgent cases between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., and
an agreement was entered into in 1931 under which the Council
undertook responsibility for the payment of prescribed fees for
the use of the service during the day time in non-urgent cases.
Hospital Provision.
In addition to the provision of Midwifery Services, Hospital
and District, the Council have provided facilities for the needs of
children requiring special Hospital treatment by arrangement with
the Victoria Children's Hospital, Chelsea, the St. Thomas's Cornwall
Babies' Hospital (vide page 29), and the Fulham Babies' Hospital
(chronic debility and wasting diseases). The Council contribute
an annual sum in the case of the two first named, and a per capita
payment to the last mentioned of these Institutions in respect of
these facilities. Women and children are referred where necessary
from the Ante-Natal and Child Welfare Centres to other appropriate
institutions.