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with paediatricians and general practitioners is a feature of the
modern approach with the aim of detecting at the earliest possible
moment, physical and mental handicaps in order that suitable
action may be taken and, where necessary, for special arrangements
involving medical and education problems to be planned.

Day Nurseries
The Lewisham Day Nursery, in which Greenwich was allocated
10 places in 1965, is no longer able to take new cases for Greenwich
and we have now only 4 children in that Nursery. All 4
children are supported by only one parent—in one case an
unmarried mother and in another case a father who has been
deserted by his wife.
St. Thomas's Private Day Nursery in Woolwich continues to
give places to children when specially requested to do so. At
present 4 children attend who were placed by the Borough for
social reasons and the cost of the places is subsidised according
to assessment.
At the present time there are no handicapped children attending
the Nursery, although medical opinion does frequently advise
Nursery placement for handicapped children so that they may
benefit from the opportunities provided by the group situation.
Occasional Creche Service
Since the last Annual Report an additional creche has opened,
so that there are now four sessions weekly throughout the Borough,
enabling children to be cared for while their mothers undertake