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Day Nurseries.—In the Annual Report for 1941 mention
was made of the Day Nursery opened by the Council at the
Latimer Mission, Blechynden Street, with accommodation
for 36 children under five years. In June the Ministry
of Health took over financial responsibility for the Nursery,
and it is now included in the scheme of War-time Nurseries
under the auspices of H.M. Government.
In May, 1942, a Day Nursery, erected by the Council
under the Government scheme, was opened at Brook Green
with accommodation for 55 children. The building which
houses this nursery is a pre-fabricated hut, and it was the
first of its kind to be erected in this country.
In June, another nursery of similar type was opened
at Westway with accommodation for 50 children, and in
August yet another nursery was opened in Uxbridge Boad
with accommodation for 60 children.
The latter is accommodated in two large houses, which
have been adapted for the purpose.
All the nurseries have been well attended by children
whose mothers are for the most part engaged on war work,
and at each of the nurseries there is a waiting list of
mothers seeking accommodation for their children.
To meet this demand the Brook Green Nursery has been
extended by the addition of a wing, and it now has accommodation
for 83 children. Two other nurseries of the
" pre-fabricated hut " type are now in course of erection
at Bailing Boad and on the White City Estate.
Residential Nursery.—To meet the needs of mothers
requiring accommodation for their children in a residential
nursery the Council, with the co-operation of the Ministry
of Health, requisitioned a large house at Iver Heath,
Bucks, and converted it for the purpose. The nursery
which was opened in February, 1941. has accommodation
for 8 babies and 30 children from one to five years.
It has been practically full ever since it was opened, and
there has always been a list of children awaiting admission.