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Nursery Nurse Training
During the year consultations were held between the Authority and the Ministry of Health
regarding the possibility of training nursery nurse students within the Borough. I am grateful
for the support and encouragement received from the Ministry and for the assistance given by
the Chief Education Officer and the Barnet College of Further Education. It was decided that
the proposition was a practical one and would meet the staff needs of those Departments of the
Authority employing nursery nurses; furthermore it would reduce the travelling time of students
who would otherwise receive training at the Tottenham Technical College. A tutor was to be
appointed early in 1968 and it was hoped to recruit up to 36 students for a 2 year period of
training who would all be college based.
Private Day Nurseries and Registered Child Minders
Applications for registration have steadily increased in number. Appropriate reports are
submitted to the Health and Welfare Committee following initial visits by officers of the
Borough Council.
Regular supervisory visits to all day nurseries and child minders were paid throughout
the year.
At the 31st December 1967 there were 30 registered child minders and 46 private day
nurseries.
Clinics (or the Elderly
A total of 57 sessions were held at West Hendon and Watling (Edgware) Clinics and
1407 attendances made, this showing an increase of 279 attendances over the number made
in 1966.
Chiropody
In the former Middlesex County Council districts, a directly provided clinic and domiciliary
service was continued and in the former Hertfordshire County Council districts, treatment continued
to be provided at chiropodists' surgeries or through domiciliary visits. Agency arrangements with
voluntary bodies continued, and in September approval was given to a further increase in the number
of sessions held by the British Red Cross Society's Centre in St. Albans Road, Barnet, in view of
the increasing demand for the service in that district. Whilst this continues to be a service very much
understaffed, there was an increase in the number of persons treated as compared with 1966.
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