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Nursing Assistance.—The Shoreditch and
Bethnal Green District Nursing Association continues
to provide, at the Council's expense, nursing
assistance in a variety of circumstances, mostly to
expectant and nursing mothers and children under
5. During the year 154 new cases were dealt with
and a total of 960 visits were paid.
Convalescent Treatment.—Two mothers with
their babies and two children under 5 were directly
provided with convalescent treatment by the Council,
and in addition, grants were made to the Invalid
Children's Aid Association in respect of 12 children
sent away by that body.
NURSERIES.
During the year, the previous difficulty in obtaining
and retaining staff continued and it was not possible
to use the nurseries to capacity. Towards the end of
the year, however, the new salary scales and the
employment of part time assistants effected some
improvement as will be seen from the following
statistics as to average attendance of children in the
four quarters of the year.
March qr.
June qr.
Sept. pr.
Dec. qr.
Columbia Market 36.1 49.5 53.4 56.0
Pritchards Road 33.4 37.7 38.6 45.1
University House 32.8 42.3 38.0 45.9
Although there is still a long list of children awaiting
admission, some of them of mothers urgently needing
employment for maintenance, the revised conditions
laid down by the Public Health Committee for admission
to, and retention in, the nurseries have enabled