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APPENDIX A
RULES FOR ADMISSION TO THE COUNCIL'S DAY NURSERIES
1. The first priority for admission shall be given equally, subject to the other
rules, to the children (including adopted children) of:—
(a) mothers who are widows, separated or divorced wives, or wives whose
husbands are totally disabled or in prison, or unmarried mothers, provided
they are maintaining an independent home and are employed at least
35 hours a week including meal times;
(b) parents where the mother is in ill-health and cannot care adequately for
the children, or during the mother's confinement;
(c) parents who are living in housing conditions detrimental to health, or
where other environmental factors are such that it is desirable for the
health of the child that it should be admitted to a day nursery; and
(d) widowers or where the mother has left the home.
2. The second priority for admission shall be given, subject to the other rules, to
the children of parents where, because the father is unemployed or his earnings
are so low, the mother is compelled to go to work as an economic necessity and
is employed at least 35 hours a week, including meal times, provided the joint
net income of the parents as calculated in accordance with approved rules does
not exceed £10 a week.
3. Vacancies not required for children in the first and second priority classes
shall be offered to other children in a third priority class whose parents are
both working, if able to do so (the mother being employed for at least 35
hours a week, including meal times), and whose joint net income, as
calculated in accordance with approved rules, exceeds £10 a week.
4. In assessing applications for all admissions an overriding consideration shall
be that the parent(s) is/are unable to make other satisfactory arrangements
for the care of the children.
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