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Day Nurseries
The number of daily attendances at the three day nurseries
has increased this year and is accounted for by the rise in numbers
at Park Lane Nursery.
All three nurseries are recognised by the Ministry of Health
as suitable for training nursery nurse students who take the two-year
course for the National Nursery Examination Board's examination.
This course provides practical work in day nurseries and theoretical
teaching at the Tottenham Technical College. All qualified members
of the day nursery staff assist in the practical training of student
nursery nurses and in the care of normal children.
The nursery day is a long one to enable working mothers to
leave their children before they start work and to collect them at
the end of their working day. Day nursery vacancies are allotted
to children in certain priority groups. The largest of these is one
where the mother is the sole wage earner.

Handicapped Children
A few handicapped children have been admitted to the nurseries
during the year. In each case there has been medical recommendation
for day nursery accommodation. Three of these have qualified
in accordance with the categories of such children dealt with under
Section 56 of the Education Act 1944 for the maintenance of which the
Education Committee accepts responsibility. Five others have not
been accepted under this provision since they fit in to types of
handicap which do not qualify, and therefore admitted on health
grounds under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act. This
means that the parents in the latter case are assessed for payment
or pay full cost. Three of the five children referred to above were
found to be mentally retarded and two with a physical handicap
resulting from poliomyelitis.
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