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been advised by a medical practitioner, on account of her health or
physical condition, to wean her infant, although under six months of
age, such an infant will be admitted to the Day Nursery.
(c) If a widowed or deserted mother be in a necessitous condition, then, in
order that she may continue breast-feeding her infant for at least six
months, she should be provided with home work or part-time work,
under proper supervision to prevent "sweating," or work away from
home only at such a place where she will be able to breast-feed her
infant at proper intervals, or be otherwise tided over this nursing
period by temporary assistance. Such home work, part-time work,
factory work facdities, or home assistance, could be easily organised
and supervised by a "Nursing Widows' Aid Association," as the
number of necessitous mothers who have infants under six months
of age and are also widowed or deserted cannot be large.
(d) If the father lives with the mother and child and earns nothing, then
attempts should be made to deal with the case in one of the following
ways—
(1) If the father be sick or disabled he should be assisted by
"Sickness and Invalidity Insurance."
(2) If the father be genuinely out of employment, he should
be provided with work through the "Labour Exchange" or
" Distress Committee."
(N.P.—In either of these two circumstances of disablement or
unemployment, suitable cases might be provided with temporary
assistance by the St. Pancras Public Welfare Association through
their visitors, or with temporary out-relief by the Guardians
through the Women Relieving Officer.)
(3) If the father be demoralised by wilful idleness, drink,
vice, or crime, no assistance should be provided which can be
shared by the father, but if he be placed under restraint in some
labour colony or institution, the mother could be treated as
widowed or deserted (see (c) above).
(C) THE ST. PANCRAS NURSERY SCHOOL,
18, Crowndale Road, N.W.
(For children aged three to six years.)
(Associated with the St. Panaris School for Mothers and the St. Pancras
Day Nursery.)
1. Daily Scrutiny.
In order to protect the Nursery School from infectious diseases and communicable
disorders, each child is carefully scrutinised bv the Mistress before each
admission to the Institution, and any child not found in perfect health or
condition is at once either sent to the Doctor or placed in the isolation room
until the Doctor comes, or until the child can be sent to the Doctor.
2. Periodical Medical Inspection.
In order that the health, growth, and development of the children may be
properly supervised and advised upon, the children who are aged from three to
six years are medically examined at the Day Nursery, or are sent to the medical
examinations and weighings at the School for Mothers periodically once a
quarter or once a term, and the results of the examination are recorded and copies
of the case papers or entries interchanged.