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Leyton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Day Nurseries.

Number of Children in Attendance and Awaiting Admission . The following list shows the numbers of children in each category (a) in attendance at, and (b) awaiting admission to, each of the two nurseries at the end of December, 1951.

Category.Knotts Green.Ellingham Road.
(a) In attendance.(6) Awaiting admission.(a) In attendance.(6) Awaiting admission.
1. a Employed unmarried mothers who wish to keep their children with them when not at work6...9...
1. b Motherless children1...3...
2. a Employed widows ...1...3...
2. b Divorced from husbands2...3...
2. c Separated from husbands11...174
2. d Deserted by husbands4...
2. e Those who have children of whom the husband is not the father............
3. Mothers employed in industries vital to production for essential home needs and for export326825172
4. Mothers who are ill or being confined3.........
606860176

National Nursery Examination Board.
Five student nurses were successful in obtaining the Certificate
of the National Nursery Examination Board during the year.
Since the Nurseries were opened in 1942, out of 45 students
who have sat for the examinations, 43 have been successful in
obtaining the Certificate.