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Premises.
The Day Nursery premises at 47 and 49, Chichester Road are leasehold with about 18 years
unexpired at a ground rent of £1 10s. per annum each, and both houses are held direct from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners. They were valued for the Princess Day Nursery Committee at the
end of June at £400 each. The Princess Day Nursery Committee desire to hand over the Nursery
to the Council as a going concern. They must sell the houses but propose to present the Council
with the furniture and equipment.
PRINCESS ROAD WELFARE CENTRE.
Mrs. Figgis states in her letter:—"We mean to continue to work at Princess Road," i.e.,
the Welfare Centre. This work includes:—
3 Infant Consultation Sessions a week.
1 Ante-Natal and Nursing Mother Session a fortnight.
2 Light and Massage Sessions a week.
1 Margaret Morris Exercises for Toddlers session a week.
Minor Ailments daily 9.30 to 10.30 a.m.
There appear to be no sessions held at the Centre on Monday afternoons, Wednesday afternoons,
Thursday mornings (except 9.30 to 10.30 a.m.), Friday afternoons or Saturdays.
The work undertaken appears to be:—
Infant Welfare Consultations.
Ante-Natal and Nursing Mother Clinic.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.
Light Treatment.
Massage Treatment.
Margaret Morris Exercises for Toddlers.
Health Talks.
Sewing Class—discontinued July, 1938, on account of poor attendance.
Some Mothers and Children sent away during the summer.
A few Children sent to Convalescent Homes through the Invalid Children's Aid
Association.
Garden Parties for the Mothers.
Christmas Social.
Christmas Parcels.
Christmas Tree Party.
Home Visits by Health Visitors.
Supply of Dried Milk and Nutritive Foods. (Supplied free to the Voluntary
Centre by the Council for cases below the Council's Economic Circumstances.
Scale.)
Attendances.
The attendances for the year 1938-39 have been as follows:—
Infant Welfare Consultations 5,861
Ante-Natal and Nursing Mother Clinic 279
Minor Ailment Treatment 185
Light Treatment 1,136
Massage Treatment 489
Margaret Morris Exercises for Toddlers ?
Health Talks 283
Sewing Class 132
(Discontinued July, 1938.)
Mothers and Children sent away during the
summer 14 Mothers.
19 Children.
Home Visits by Nurses—
to Children under 5 years 3,979
to Expectant Mothers 500