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Division Premises Work involved
4 Cranston Estate tenants' clubroom, Shore- Adaptation to form maternity and child
ditch welfare centre (sessional use)
6 Lionel Road, Woolwich Adaptations to provide additional
dation
Fulham ambulance station War damage repairs
- Kingsland Road, ambulance station, Widening entrance
Shoreditch
- Streatham ambulance station Provision of covered accommodation
- Former Knight's Hill day nursery Conversion to form hostel for tuberculous
men and redecoration
Day nurseries
Progress was made in securing the continued availability of requisitioned nurseries and
other premises held on insecure tenure. Long-term leases were negotiated in respect of
three nurseries and negotiations for the lease or acquisition of ten other nurseries were
proceeding at the end of the year. Seven nurseries were closed, because of reduced demand
and it was found unnecessary to continue one other nursery when the lease expired.
One nursery was transferred to new accommodation provided in a block of flats.
Work
completed
Division 8—China Walk, Lambeth—This new nursery, built in the ground floor of a
block of flats was opened on 25th June and replaced the St. George's Hall day nursery,
Westminster Bridge Road, which was derequisitioned and returned to the owners.
Closure of
day nurseries
Division 2—Ampthill Square, St. Pancras—This nursery was closed because of reduced
demand in the locality. The upper and part of the ground floors of the building were
continued in use as a maternity and child welfare centre.
Division 2—Regency Street, Westminster—The lease of the nursery expired and it was
found possible to admit the children to other nurseries in the locality.
Division 2—Westbourne day nursery, Paddington—This nursery was closed because of
reduced demand in the locality.
Division 2—Queen's Parle day nursery, Paddington—This nursery was closed because of
reduced demand. The building is to be converted for use as a maternity and child
welfare centre.
Division 1—Downham day nursery, Lewisham—These requisitioned premises were closed
owing to reduced demand.
Division 8—Knight's Hill day nursery, Lambeth—Peduced demand enabled this nursery
to be closed and plans to be made for the building to be converted into a hostel for
tuberculous men.
Division 9—Clapham Common day nursery, Battersea—Owing to reduced demand for
places for priority cases, it was found possible to close this nursery and to enable the
site to revert to use as an open space.
Division 9—Larkhall Rise day nursery, Wandsworth—This nursery was closed owing to
reduced demand in the locality.
Works
completed
Maternity and child welfare centres
Division 5—Rochelle Welfare centre—This centre was established in Rochelle Street
school, Bethnal Green. Adaptation was completed and the centre opened in December,
1956. It will meet the needs of the Council's Boundary Street Estate and the densely
populated districts on both sides of the Bethnal Green Road.
Replacements
Division 3—East Islington Branch welfare centre—In September this branch centre was
transferred from unsatisfactory accommodation to more suitable premises at Elizabeth
House Junior Club, 6 Hurlock Street, Islington.
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