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(vii) Inspection of Nursing Homes
There are four Nursing Homes on the register. Permission
was given during the year for the number of beds at the Home
at 21 Gilbert Road, to be increased from 10 medical or chronic
patients to 14.
All the Homes were inspected on four occasions throughout the
year, on behalf of the County Council, and conditions were found
to be satisfactory.
(viii) Domestic Helps
The demand for this service has been fairly regular. During
the year 145 Part-time and Casual Helps were employed, and they
attended 691 individual cases. Tuberculous patients have again
been aided by special volunteers.
(ix) Day Nurseries
The three Day Nurseries have been maintained as hitherto, the
only alteration being that they are now closed on Saturdays.
The average daily attendances for the year at each Nursery
is shown below:—

The "St. Moritz" and the Collier Row Nurseries are
scheduled to take forty children each, and the Rush Green Nursery,
fifty children.
(x) Dental Service
There has been no improvement in the recruitment of Dental
Officers, and, at the end of the year, we had only 2 Dental Officers,
and 2 Dental Attendants. For the most part their work has been in
connection with the School Health Service.
The following gives particulars of the work done during the
year for expectant and nursing mothers, and children under school
age:—