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Statistics
Number of day nurseries at 31.12.65 6
Number of places at 31.12.65 325
Total attendances during 1965 78,300
Total attendances at special units 2,476
Occasional creches were provided at four welfare centres and in one church
hall to mind children under five years of age while their mothers visited hospital,
attended to shopping and other domestic duties or took part in activities at the
welfare centre at which the creches were held. Children needing relief from poor
home conditions and the only child who needs to mix with other children, also
attended.
A charge of Is. 9d. a session was made, abatable according to means. No
charge was made when the mother attended a centre activity or a hospital.
Nurseries and Child Minders Regulations Act, 1948, Non-Council Day Nurseries
There were five nurseries registered under the Act with places for 140 children.
Child Minders
Statutorily registered. Owing to the difficulty in verifying kinship, the number of
houses in multiple occupation, and the difficulty in ascertaining that a reward was
being received, the requirement of the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act,
1948 were difficult to implement. However, all reports of child minding or suspected
child minding were investigated.
At the end of the year there were 19 statutorily registered child minders
involving 73 children.
Voluntarily registered. The voluntary scheme applies to daily minding where fewer
than three children under the age of five years are involved. If the applicant is considered
suitable, the Council pays a fee of 6s. per week to the minder who in return
agrees to take children recommended by the Council: she also accepts supervision
and advice on the care of the children.
At the end of the year there were 55 voluntarily registered minders involving
75 children.
Dental service—maternity and child welfare
The demand for treatment followed the pattern of previous years in the
London area: applications by expectant and nursing mothers have decreased considerably
since charges for treatment of the priority classes in the General Dental
Services were abolished. Nevertheless these services continued to be provided at all
dental clinics.
(Notes on schoolchildren are included in the report on the school health service.)
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