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(b) Nursery Schools.—No nursery schools have been established
in the Borough by the Education Committee.
(c) The Care of Debilitated Children Under School Age.—
The physical condition of children under school age is watched
on the one hand through the eleven Infant Welfare Centres, and
on the other by visits to the homes by the health visitors working
under the maternity and child welfare scheme.
At the beginning of 1926 the new Sick Nursery premises in
Lodge Road were opened, consisting of 12 beds in two wards for
debilitated young children, one isolation cubicle, and a ward of
two beds for nursing mothers and their babies. Particulars of the
valuable work done here will be included in the general Public
Health Report.
Young children needing a course of treatment in a convalescent
home are referred, with a medical report, to the Croydon
Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association. 48 mothers, and 79
children under five years of age were thus admitted to convalescent
homes during the year.
A massage clinic is provided by the Public Health Committee
for the treatment of children under five suffering from rickets, infantile
paralysis, and general conditions of debility.
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN RELATION TO THE
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
(a) No. of Schools and Accommodation.
In 1926 there were in Croydon:
(а) 20 provided schools, including 51 departments.
(b) 13 non-provided schools, including 21 departments.
(c) 2 Central Schools, including 2 departments.
(d) 2 Special Schools (for mentally defective and physically
defective), with 2 departments.
The total provision in 1926 in the borough for elementary
school children thus amounted to 35 schools, with 74 departments,
and 2 special schools.
The number of children on the register on December 31st,
1926, was 24,200, as compared with 24,074 in 1925.
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