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REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE DAY NURSERIES RECEIVING
GRANTS FROM THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
Lower Holloway Day Nursery, 547, Holloway Road, N.7.
During the year ending December 31st, 1930, the attendances at this Day
Nursery were:—
Whole Day 10,633
Half Day 1,267
St. Luke's Day Nursery, 29 and 30, Penn Road, N.7.
During the year ending December 31st, 1930, the attendances at this Day
Nursery were:—
Whole Day 4,099
South Islington Pro Patria Day Nursery, 8 and 9, Canonbury Place, N. 1.
During the year ending December 31st, 1930, the attendances at this Day
Nursery were:—
Whole Day 12,670
Half Day 534
INVALID CHILDREN'S AID ASSOCIATION.
This Association still pursues its course of bringing relief in affliction to some
of the most needy of little Islingtonians stricken with distorted limbs and impaired
health.
The contribution of £25, which the Borough Council gives to the Local Branch
of this Association, cannot be looked upon as the measure of the good afforded by
the services rendered.
A better means of gauging this is to be found in the numbers assisted during
the year ended December 31st, 1930—62 Islington children, under 5 years of age,
were enabled to benefit by periods of convalescence, either in the country or by the
sea, while 20 children, of similar ages, were given some alleviation as handicapped
cripples by the provision of leg irons, splints, special boots, etc.
Taking also into account the additional numerous cases which, the Association
states, are referred to them for supervision and visiting, etc., no one can gainsay
that, for the small grant of the Borough Council for such work, immense value is
received by these unfortunate and helpless little ones.
REPORT OF THE WORK OF VOLUNTARY CENTRES.
To summarise this work for the year ending 31st March, 1931, a Table has
been added at the end of this section.
Attention is drawn to the Table on page 00, which gives the contributions by
the Borough Council to the Centres, Day Nurseries, etc., and to the note in
connection therewith.
The Centre year, it will be noted, ends with March, 1931, while the other
matters in this Report are for the calendar year.
For the purposes of co-ordination a conjoint meeting is held quarterly at which
representatives from the various Centres attend, and also the Medical Officer of
Health. This Committee has had under consideration the outstanding matters in
connection with the work of the Centres. During the year it was decided that the
Centres would issue, at cost price (3s. 2d.), Maternity Outfits, that these would be
issued on the application of the doctor or midwife in attendance, and that the issue