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Consideration has recently been given to the care of
babies born Frematurely at home and a heated Fortable
incubator, with facilities for the administration of
oxygen, is now available to transFort Fremature infants
from home to hosFital. The Incubator is keFt at the Boston
Road Ambulance Station from where it can be sent to any
Fart of the Borough where it is required.
AFFlications for the services of a midwife should be
made through a Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic.
DAY NURSERIES,
There are two Day Nurseries in Ealing for the care of
children under five years of age. One nursery is situated
in Culmington Road, and has accommodation for 40 children.
The other nursery is in Greenford and has accommodation
for 50 children. Both the Day Nurseries are recognised
training centres and girls of sixteen are acceFted for a
two years' training for the National Nursery Examination
Board's DiFloma. Admission of children is restricted to:
(i) Those whose mothers have of necessity to go out to
work because they are the sole suFForters e.g. if
they are widowed, divorced, seFarated or unmarried.
(ii) Where the home conditions are unsatisfactory.
(iii) Admission is arranged to include children who are
Fhysically handicaFFed, Farticularly those who are
deaf or Fartially deaf, maladjusted, or Fartially
sighted. Similarly, children whose Farents are deaf
or dumb and who would therefore lack the normal
talking environment in the home, are admitted. In
all these instances there is no charge to the
Farents.
The nurseries are oFen from 7o 30 a.m. to 6.0 F.m. A
charge is made for this Service on a sliding scale based
on the Farents' income.
All aFFlications for admission to a Day Nursery should
be made to the Area Medical Officer, Town Hall Annexe,
Ealing, W. 5.
CHIROFODYo
1961 was the first full year that the County Council
oFerated a ChiroFody Service under Section 28 of the
National Health Service Act, 1946. The existing British
Red Cross Society service, which was formerly administered
with the aid of a grant from the Borough Council, has