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Wembley 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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of nurses by Civil Defence ambulances to the
other Wembley Nurseries. The children are
brought back to One Tree Hill Clinic each
evening in time for the Mothers to call for
them.
The daily cost (pence) per child-in-attendance of all foods (as purchased uncooked) provided at the Nurseries is shown in the following details (all food provided for staff reckoned as part of the cost of feeding the children):-
| d. | |
|---|---|
| Ealing Road Nursery Oct. 1942 to Sept. 1943 | 12.95 |
| Neeld Crescent ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, | 10.77 |
| Princes Avenue ,, May 1943 ,, ,, ,, | 11.77 |
| Carlyon Road ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, | 11.05 |
| Old Kenton Lane ,, June ,, ,, ,, ,, | 12.48 |
| Harrowdene Road ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, | 13.18 |
| Woodstock Road ,, Sept. ,, ,, Jan. 1944 | 12.00 |
| District Road ,, Aug. ,, ,, ,, ,, | 11.45 |
From January 1943 figures include full price
for all milk used at Nursery, instead of specially
reduced price of 1/- per gallon for milk for
drinking purposes - the Ministry of Health now
reimbursing Local Authorities direct, instead of
as formerly Milk suppliers through the Ministry
of Food.
The incidence of infectious disease amongst
both the children and the staff has continued to
be watched and the figures from the opening of
Ealing Road Nursery have been submitted to the
National Society of Children's Nurseries to be
collated with the observations of other representative
authorities in the Country.
With regard to the gastro-intestinal
infections which are the most serious in young
children, the following are the rules in endeavour
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