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1937 94
Total number of visits paid by Child Protection Visitor 1,733
Special visits paid by Child Protection Visitor 2
Children removed compulsorily Nil
Children removed to hospital (including infectious disease) 36
Children removed voluntarily 7
Deaths reported (Inquests-1) 8
Children for whom medical attention arranged 5
Cases recommended for prosecution 1
Desertions by parents-Children removed from foster-mothers to
Public Assistance Institutions 1
Other cases in which there was cause for complaint 11
Number of foster-children under 5 years on Register during 1937 340
(with foster-mothers 187)
(with Institutions 153)
Number of foster-children between 5 years and 9 years on Register
during 1937 61
(with foster-mothers 60)
(with Institutions 1)
Total number of foster-children dealt with during 1937 401
(with foster-mothers 247)
(with Institutions 154)
Institutions, including Schools.—153 children under 5 years of age passed through
institutions. These children are medically examined periodically by an appointed
Medical Officer. No resident school child under 9 years of age was reported during
the year.
St. Luke's Guest House, 29-31, Penn Road, N.7, now has accommodation for
24 children plus 4 cots for emergency cases. Children are kept for a limited period,
and may be admitted where the mother, for instance, has to go into hospital, or
on account of other difficult home circumstances. There is a very considerable
demand for the cots at the Guest House. During the year ending 31st March,
1937, admissions numbered 90.
VOLUNTARY DAY NURSERIES.
Apart from the usual Annual Report Summary, in the year 1935 a special report
was presented to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee on the Day Nurseries,
in the Borough (3 in number) which received grants from the Borough Council.
In 1937 it was thought useful to again follow up this report for the sake of comparison
after a full year's interval.
As regards the Lower Holloway Day Nursery, 547, Liverpool Road, N.7, it
was found that there had been a very extraordinary demand from March onwards
with the exception of August, in which month the Nursery was closed for over two
weeks. The clientele is drawn almost exclusively from the surrounding district,
and the Day Nursery remained open on Saturday mornings. This was an innovation
which had been justified by the numbers attending. At these times of pressure the
Day Nursery had to refuse about 20 applications a week. It was noted that this
Day Nursery still has its voluntary teacher who has so long given Kindergarten
instruction.