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102
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN FOR
THE CHILDRENS' DEPARTMENT
During the year 234 children were medically examined prior
to admission to a Childrens' Home or private foster home.
NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS REGULATION ACT, 1948
The necessary preliminary inspections and routine re-inspections
of Registered Minders and private Day Nurseries have been
carried out in accordance with the above Act.
There are no Day Nurseries which take children of all ages
for the whole day. There is 1 Nursery which takes 2½ to 5 year
olds daily excepting Saturdays and 1 Nursery which takes 3 to 5
year olds daily, the remainder being of the "part-time" class,
receiving toddlers for mornings only.
These part time Play Groups are meeting a need in the residential
areas in which they are established, by providing opportunities
for young children to play with others of their own age
and to accustom them to the break from home, which must inevitable
come at the age of 5 years.

All child minders are required before registration to show
by a satisfactory X-ray of the chest, that they are free from
pulmonary tuberculosis. Annual re X-rays are also required if
the daily minder is under 30 years of age - over that age
appointments are made every 3 years.