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Nurseries and Child Minders" Regulation Act
Registrations under this Act at the end of the year were as
follows:—
Children
Registered Permitted
Premises 2 62
Persons 7 38
Staff Medical Examinations
748 medical examinations were carried out by Local Authority
Medical Staff during 1963.
Charges
The Health Services for which Local Authorities are responsible
are in the main provided free to the user, but Local Health
Authorities have power to make charges for the use of some
services, for example. Day Nursery care, in respect of Recuperative
Holidays and for Domestic Help. A standard scale of charges is
fixed which can be varied in accordance with the means of the
persons concerned.
Health Visiting
The duties of the Health Visitor are no longer limited to the
routine visiting of children under five years of age, as was the case
up to comparatively recent times. As mentioned in previous reports
the Health Visitor is being called upon to undertake a wider range
of duties—visiting the sick and the aged, problem families and
school children, in addition to increasing activity in the field of
health education.
During 1963, a commencement was made in the training of
Health Visitors to undertake routine hearing tests of young children,
and additional members of the Health Visiting Staff will receive
similar training in the near future.
As soon as this training is completed, it is hoped to conduct
hearing tests of all children, as deafness is sometimes the cause of
maladjustment and backwardness.
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