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responsibilities as possible during the confinement. They regard
a confinement as a whole-time job and household responsibility
as another one, and they do not wish for two wholetime jobs at the
same time.
Day Nursery.
The Nursery is situated in Bollo Bridge Road, and is open
on five days a week.
The Nursery was open on 229 occasions, and 3397 wholeday
attendances and 70 half-day attendances were made.
There is a big drop in the number of attendances. This
may be due to many causes.
The Matron was away last summer and her absence caused
a dislocation in the work.
The establishment of Nursery classes tends also to lower the
attendances.
There has been a revival in the number of attendances this
year.
Nurse Children.
At the end of the year 1930, there were 52 children and at
the end of the year 1931 there were 53 children on the register.
The names of 32 children were removed from the register and of
33 children added, leaving a net gain of 1 child in the number on
the register.
The names were removed from the register on account of
removal of the child from the district, and there was no death amongst
the nurse children.
Child Welfare Centres.
Changes have been made in the arrangement of the child
welfare centres during the year, and a new centre has been established
in North Acton.
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During the year, the Education Committee bought premises
in Avenue Road, to enable them to vacate the temporary buildings
which had been erected in front of the Council Offices. Although
the premises were intended primarily for the School Clinic, accommodation
has been provided for the Pre-natal Clinic and Child