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HOME HELPS.
The Home Help Scheme continued to grow and, by the end of
the year, it was possible to meet all legitimate demands. The
Helps have done good work and many letters of appreciation have
been received from mothers.
DAY NURSERIES.
There is accommodation for 40 children, under 3 years of
age, at the Council's Nursery at the Health Centre. At the age
of 3, the children are transferred to the Wartime Nursery Class
at the Martin School where there are 40 places.
There are three Wartime Nurseries with accommodation for
160 children.
In all cases, the rolls have been full to capacity but
attendances have frequently and inevitably suffered from the
presence of the common infectious diseases.
There is no reason to think that the Nursery Children were
affected to any greater extent than outside children as, on each
occasion when a nursery was in quarantine, the responsible
disease was also prevalent in the Borough at large.
On the other hand, it is fairly certain that the nursery
population do suffer more from naso-pharyngeal conditions, with
nasal discharge as the chief symptom, than the general child
populat ion.
The Staff were greatly tried by the flying bombs. On many
days, long periods were spent in the shelters or else, with
frequent alerts, there were constant processions to and from the
shelters.
The Staff are to be congratulated on the loyal and efficient
manner in which they carried on throughout this difficult period.