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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.
It continues, however, to be administered by a local committee
upon which the Borough Council is represented. There is accommodation
for 27 children, and for 24 in a guest house which is attached
for the reception of residents.
No serious outbreak of infectious disease occurred during the
year among the children attending the Nursery or Guest house,
although a few cases were notified, including 17 cases of Measles
during the epidemic of that disease, for which the usual precautionary
measures were adopted.
During 1934 the attendances at the Nursery totalled 4,192.
An annual grant of £500 is made by the Council in accordance
with the requirements of the Scheme made by the Ministry of
Health(vide page 18).
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
extension of these facilities to the conveyance of non-urgent cases
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. (the Council undertaking
to pay the charges in such cases) which was referred to in the report
for 1931, was not required during 1934. At their meeting on 20th
November, the London County Council decided to make arrangements
for this service to be available at all hours throughout
London without charge, but this extension was not yet in operation
at the end of the year.
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 Hospital for Children, Chelsea, and the St. Thomas's
Babies' Hostel(vide page 28). The Council contribute an annual
sum to these Hospitals in respect of the facilities afforded(vide
page 18). Women and children are referred where necessary
from the ante-natal and Child Welfare centres to appropriate
institutions, children being usually sent to one of the above
named hospitals.