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(viii) War-time Nurseries.
Since the opening in March, 1942, of the "St. Moritz"
Nursery, incidentally one of the first to be opened in this Region,
(wo other Nurseries have been established—the Collier Row
Nursery opened on February 8th, and the Rush Green Nursery
opened on August 30th. The Collier Row Nursery is for 40 children,
and the Rush Green Nursery for 50. At "St. Moritz," and Collier
Row the demand for admissions has been continuous, and, in view
of the fact that there has been a waiting list at both Nurseries, the
Council, at the end of the year, had under consideration the question
of more Nurseries for the area At Rush Green, there has not been
the same demand, but this Nursery, by the end of the year, had not
been established very long.
It has taken some time to provide Staff for the three Nurseries,
and we have had the added difficulty of replacing Staff, who have
resigned.
To supplement the Full-time Staff, & small number of voluntary
workers have attended regularly, and, in addition, assistance is
given by the personnel of the First-aid Posts.
Infectious diseases create a problem amongst the children in
attendance, especially during periods of epidemics, and the procedure
adopted here, apart from excluding the cases, is to inform the
parents of children who remain that such and such an infection has
been found in the Nursery, and that they can, if they so wish, send,
or exclude their children. No new admissions are permitted during
a specified period, if the infection is epidemic in the district.
3—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors have again carried out numerous duties
in connection with the inspection of meat and other foods, at the
Regional Slaughterhouse, the Meat Depots, Butchers' Shops, Stalls,
etc., and, in this connection, we are again grateful for the assistance
rendered by the Sanitary Inspectors of the Dagenham and Hornchurch
Districts, who, for the purpose of carrying out inspections,
have attended at the Regional Slaughterhouse on one day of each
week.
Altogether, 1,084 visits were paid. At the Slaughterhouse alone
15,027 carcases were inspected.