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CORPORATION DAY NURSERIES
One only, situated roughly in the centre of the town, at
Whitehorse Road, now remains. It is available for children whose
mothers are required to work because they are widows, unmarried
legally separated or divorced. By prior Committee permission,
children from families with temporary difficulties - illness of
the mother or father - may also be accepted.
The minimum charge is 2/-perda^. It may be increased according
to net income, on a scale approved by the Corporation. Subject
to places being available, children may be accepted at tk
full rate of 12/6d. per day. Only one child for one week was
admitted on this basis in 1956.
Details of attendances -
Capacity 50
Number on books at end
of year 43
Attendances: under 2 2,910
over 2 4,957
TOTAL 7,867
Number of days opened 253
Average daily attendance
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M. AND C.W. PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC
The demand for these facilities for correction of mim???
defects of children under 5 years of age has markedly diminished
during the last few years. Fortunately, this has coincided with
increased requests for physiotherapy sessions for the instruction
of mothers in relaxation exercises for painless childbirth, and
the staff were thus available for this purpose. Total attendances
of children were 1,269, and the details are given in the Appendix
Page 107.