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Day Nurseries.
War-time Nurseries. Opened. Places.
Horn Lane 30.3.42. 60
Friars Place Lane 4.8.42. 45
Longcot 15.10.42. 44
Birkbeck Road:
(a) Birkbeck House for under 2's 11.1.43. 30
(b) Maples House for over 2's 22.2.43 46
Municipal Nursery, Bollo Bridge Road. Pre-War 30
Attendances at all the Nurseries dropped very noticeably from
Jojy onwards, owing to the large scale evacuation during the flybomb
period.
"Longcot" was burnt out in a raid on the night of 24.2.44.
Premises at 56 Woodstock Road were used as a temporary nursery,
but these were closed from the 1st July as there was inadequate
skelter accommodation. "Longcot" was reopened on the 11th
September.
As from the 1st September 1944, the staff at Bollo Bridge Road
flurseiy ceased to be residential. The rooms thus vacated increased
the nursery accommodation by 5, making a total of 35 nursery
places. Work was commenced on the adaptation of the building
but was not completed at the end of the year.
The following table gives the average daily attendances at the
War-time Nurseries.
Under 2 years
of age.
Over 2 years
of age.
Horn Lane
13.9
25.1
Friars Place Lane
9.5
16.6
Longcot
13.3
19.9
Birkbeck Road
21.9
37.4
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
318 cases of notifiable disease occurred in the Borough in 1944,
as against 835 in the previous year. 13 cases of Measles were notified
in 1944, 65 cases of Scarlet Fever, and 31 of Whooping Cough.
There were no deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria or
Whooping Cough.
65 cases of Pneumonia were notified during the year, as against
81 cases in 1943.