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Hendon 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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provision of insulin.
Ministry of Health Circular 2734 gave approval for insulin to be
provided either free of cost or at reduced prices to persons suffering from
diabetes for whom there was no provision either by way of Public Assistance
or National Health Insurance Acts. At the sane tine the Education Act, 1921,
was so amended as to allow Local Education Authorities to provide insulin froc
of charge or at reduced rates to all persons and young children attending
certain specified typos of schools or educational institutions, this provision
to continue for the duration of the war.
WAR-TIME DAY NURSERIES.
The programme for the erection of new and the extension of existing
nurseries was continued, and the following Table gives particulars of the
Nurseries which have been either established or projected in the area:-
TABLE IX.
Established Nurseries,
| Address of Nursery | Date of Opening. | Original Accommodation, | Approved Extension. | Total Accommodation, |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington House, Orange Hill Road, Burnt Oak, | 2.2.42. | 31 | 32 | . 63 |
| 2, Hocroft Road, Child's Hill. | 30.3.42. | 40 | 10 | 50 |
| Hyde School, Hendon, N.W.9. | 11.5.42. | 45 | — | 45 |
| York Park, West Hendon, N.W.9. | 31.8.42. | 35 | 20 | 55 |
| Claremont Road, Criclclcwood, N.W.2. | 3.12.42. | 35 | 12 | 47 |
| Approach Road, Edgware, | 30.4.43. | 35 | — | 35 |
| Hyde Cottage, Hendon, N.W.9. | 21.2.44. | 80 | — | 80 |
| Dole Street, Mill Hill, N.W.7: | 20.3.44. | 55 | — | 55 |
| Projected Nurseries | Proposed Accommodation, | |||
| Watling Avenue, Burnt Oak, | 50 | |||