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NURSING IN THE HOME:
The following payments were made to the North London District Nursing
Association during the year:-
Visits - Maternity & Child Welfare £42. 6s. 0d.
Public Health £9. 2s.0d.
DAY NURSERIES:
A further five War-time Day Nurseries were opened in the Borough, with the
approval of the Ministry of Health, during 1943, making 13 in all as listed under,
providing accomodation for 755 children. plans for the, 10 th War-time Day Nursery
Were also submitted and approved, and building commenced in 1943.
Placed:
Scholefield Road, N.19 55
265, Camden Road, N.7 66
160, Hornsey fane , n. 6, 64
34, Huntingdon Street N.1 33
6, ??? Road N.??? 35
21, Packingtoo street N.l. 33
2l , plimsoll Road N.4 47
Pembroke Street N.1. 50
547, Liverpool Road, N.l.50
8 & 9, Canonbury Place, N.l. 76
Legard Road, N.5. 70
Windsor street,N1 68
Mitford Road,N.19 68
Total of 735
All the work in connection with the planning, opening and administration of the
above war-time Nurseries censtitute a very considerable load borne by the staff of the
Public Health Dapartment, particularly in view of the impossibility of obtaining a
sufficiency of clerical staff.
The detailed administration of the Day Nurseries is parried out by Dr. K.M. Hirst.
Deputy Medical Officer of Health and in place of the Superintendent Matron, the
Maternity & Child Welfare Committee appointed Miss K,G. Header as Supervisor of
War-time Day Nurseries and miss E. Danvers, as Superintendent Teacher of War-time Day
Nurseries. Miss Reader was, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, seconded
temporarily to this duty from her permanent position as a Sanitary Inspector.
The authorised staff for the above Nurseries is:-
13 Matrons
13 Deputy Matrens
13 Wardens
26 Nursery Nurses
83 Nursery Assistants or Probationers
44 Domestic Workers (Equivalent whole-time).
A considerable degree of sickness among the nursery staff and frequent staff changes
have made the position difficult at times,
There is also to be recorded the occurrence at one Nursery of an outbreak of
Sonne Dysentery. About 40 children end four members of the staff were afrected, but
fortunately most of the cases were light in character with no serious consequences
in any. The risk of such an occurrence is necessarily inherent wherever a number of
young children and infants arc congregated together and the risk can only be rendered
minimal by the greatest precautions being observed at all times by an adequate and
well trained staff.
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