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The conditions for which the children were admitted were as follows:—
Debility and anaemia 26
Rickets 9
Other nutritional disorders 17
Other conditions 1
Convalescence after-
Measles 6
Pneumonia and bronchitis 12
Other conditions 10
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The Home was open on 340 days during the year, and the average length of stay of patients
was 69.5 days. No case of infectious disease occurred in the Home during the year.
Day Nurseries.—The Council assists the three approved day nurseries in the Borough
by the payment of one quarter of the net expenditure as approved by the Ministry of Health
(after the deduction of the payments made by the mothers). The effect of this is that the
expense is shared as to one-half by the Ministry, one-quarter by the Council, and one-quarter
by voluntary funds. The three institutions are the Whitefield Day Nursery, 53, Whitfield
Street, W.l; the Kentish Town Day Nursery, Gospel Oak Grove, N.W.5 ; and the Margaret
Day Nursery, 44, Ampthill Square, N.W.1.
The St. Pancras Day Nursery, 26, Cartwright Gardens, W.C.I, was closed in June, 1921.
Particulars in regard to the day nurseries for the year ended 31st March, 1921, are as
follows:—
Grant paid by
Borough
Council.
No. of
Days Open.
Attendances.
Average
per Day.
Whitefield Day Nursery
£
164
s,
8
d.
5
225
6,748
30.0
Kentish Town Nursery
289
16
0
259
4,816
18.6
Margaret Nursery
246
4
9
248
4,060
16.4
Home Helps.—The St. Pancras Home Helps Committee provides domestic assistance
for families when the mother is laid aside through sickness or child-birth. The Council make
the Committee a subsidy at the rate of £150 per annum in respect of maternity cases.
79 cases were assisted in 1921, as follows
Maternity 42
Influenza 1
Consumption 2
Care of children during absence of mothers 4
Old age infirmity 1
Sickness connected with maternity 20
Other sickness 9
Three home helps were employed during most of the year.
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