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At the beginning of 1922 there were 17 children in residence. In the course of the year
96 children were admitted and 97 discharged, leaving 16 in residence at the end of the year.
The admissions are classified for age as follows:—
0 to 1 –
1 to 2 2
2 to 3 53
3 to 4 26
4 to 5 15
5 –
The conditions for which the children were admitted were as follows:—
Debility and anaemia 39
Rickets 7
Other nutritional disorders 6
Other conditions 5
Convalescence after—
Measles 18
Pneumonia and bronchitis 13
Other conditions 8
— 39
Of the 97 children discharged, 52 were in good health, 41 improved, and 4 showed no
improvement.
The Home was open on 330 days, and the average length of stay of patients was 55.1
days.
The only case of infectious disease in the Home during the year was one of whooping
cough, who was discharged on the same day as the disease was diagnosed. The infection was
taken by the patient before the date of his admission.
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, Aimpthill Square, N.W.1.

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.