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Nursery schools and the care of infants
Much attention is being paid to the care of the infant child both in and out of
school.
From the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health it
appears that, in the country generally in 1935, out of 566,700 babies Under one
year, 270,457, or 48 per cent. were in attendance at infant welfare centres. Of
2,267,700 children aged one to five, however, only 544,838, or less than one in four,
were under observation at infant welfare centres.
A large number of infants continue to arrive at school at ages 3 to 5 showing
evidence of want of care and supervision. The remarkable improvement which
takes place in such children when they come under daily observation in school is
shown by the photographs of the twins (figs. 1 and 2).