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Day Nurseries
I968 1969
Kingsway Creche
City children in attendance at end of year I 4
City children on waiting list I NIL
Other Nurseries
City children in attendance at end of year 3 2
City children on waiting list 2 NIL
Registered Child Minders
1968 1969
Application for registration I NIL
Applications for day nursery placements continue to be received. Many parents, particularly
those employed in City businesses or public houses, find playgroup facilities unsuitable and the
search for vacancies in day nurseries is often a lengthy procedure. There are no registered
minders in the City area.
Unmarried Mothers and their Children
The Diocesan Moral Welfare Worker has advised and assisted 8 (10) cases during the year.
Only one of these was aCity resident. There were no referrals to Corporation staff during theyear.
Welfare Foods
The sale of Welfare Foods continues at the Child Health Clinic, St. Bartholomew's Hospital
and at the Health Department Office.
SECTION 23 - MIDWIFERY SERVICE
The Metropolitan District Nursing Association continued to provide domiciliary midwifery
services in the City. There was I (0) home confinement during the year, and 2 planned early disdischarges
from hospital. No request was received for midwifery services within the Temples.
Midwives Act, I 951
The Corporation, as the supervising Authority for the City of London, received 26 (25)
notifications from midwives of intentions to practise during the year.
SECTION 24 - HEALTH VISITING
1968 1969
Home Visits to Children under 5 years
Successful visits 321 545
Unsuccessful visits 60 119
The Assistant Health and Welfare Officers, who are both qualified Health Visitors have
continued to help and advise mothers with children in all aspects of family health matters.
A few families with children under 5 years have been located in the occpuied flats in the
Barbican.
Blood samples for phenylalanine levels (the test for detection of Phenylketonuria) are taken
by the Assistant Health and Welfare Officers, either in the clinic or in the babies' homes. Preliminary
screening of hearing ability is also carried out by the staff.
Visits to the elderly and infirm in their own homes or in hospital has enabled the staff to
assess carefully a patient's requirments, and to ensure that all the necessary supportive services
are given. This has proved to be of great benefit to the aged chronic sick.
The staff have continued to foster close team work with St. Bartholomew's Hospital staff
in relation to patients being discharged from hospital. 10 administrative and ward sisters have
each spent one day observing the Corporation of London Health and Welfare Services. One
nursing officer from Yugoslavia, studying Public Health Nursing Administration at the Royal
College of Nursing was received for a series of observation visits. One Health Visitor student
was received from the Royal College of Nursing for three months practical training. The Health
and Welfare Officer gave lectures on "Combined Health and Welfare Services" to administration
students and Field Work Instructor students from the Royal College of Nursing.
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