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Day Nursery.
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 28 children, and a guest house
is attached for the reception of residents.
The Council make an annual grant of £555 to the Nursery
(vide p. 21).
No serious outbreak of infectious disease occurred during the
year among the children attending the Nursery, although a few
isolated cases were notified for which the usual precautionary
measures were adopted.
During 1932 the attendances at the Nursery totalled 3,899.
Ambulance Service.
The facilities which are 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., have been
made use of by patients attending the Maternity Hospital. The
County Council as stated in the last Annual Report, have agreed
to extend these facilities to the conveyance of non-urgent cases
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.
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, and the St. Thomas's
Babies' Hospital (vide page 29). The Council contribute an annual
sum to these Hospitals in respect of the facilities afforded (vide
page 21). Women and children are referred where necessary
from the Ante-Natal and Child Welfare Centres to these or other
appropriate institutions.