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It is run by the Council, with the active support and participation of
the Department of Employment and Productivity.
Persons admitted to the centre are allowed to attend for up to 12
months. By.the end of that time, and preferably sooner, they must move on
- either to open employment, to sheltered work, or, in the event of failure,
back to the centre or hospital which referred them.
See Appendix page 124.
CORPORATION DAY NURSERIES
There are two day nurseries in the London Borough of Croydon, one at
Whitehorse Road, Croydon and the other at Sanderstead Road, Sanderstead.
They are 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 4/- per day 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 the full rate of £1. 5s. Od. as from
1st December 1968.
Whitehorse Hazleglen
Road Sanderstead Road
Details of attendances -
Capacity 50 30
Number on books at the end
of year 50 34
Attendances: Under 2 3,582 1,426
Over 2 5,947 4,416
Total 9,529 5,842
Number of days opened 256 256
Average daily attendance 37 23
DEAFNESS
Schemes for testing all infants during the first year of life, whose
names were included on the "At Risk" register, were continued.
Furthermore this assessment of hearing ability was extended to all
infants attending child health centres, and where staffing permitted, by
home visits of health visitors.
For detailed figures see Appendix page 107.