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OTHER MATTERS.
Day Nursery.
It was explained in the last report that the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee had acquired possession of two semi-detached houses, Nos. 77
and 79, Queens Road, and that it was proposed to convert these for use as a
Municipal Day Nursery.
Owing to the difficulty of obtaining vacant possession, work had not been
commenced at the advent of the new Council in November, when it was
decided that in view of the general financial situation, the time was not a
favourable one for proceeding with the scheme. This proposal was accordingly
abandoned.
Laundry.
The laundry, the construction of which in the basement of the Model
Welfare Centre was mentioned in the last report, was opened in April, 1931.
All washing in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare was undertaken
and in addition the washing for the Dental Hospital, the Tuberculosis
Dispensary, and the Town Hall.
The staff appointed consisted of Supervising Laundress (Mrs. Whittington),
Assistant Laundress, Laundryman Stoker.
Towards the end of the year, financial considerations relating to this
laundry engaged the earnest attention of the Committee, and at the time of
writing the Council have decided to close the laundry and dispose of the
apparatus. This decision, however, is subject to arrangements being made
for the laundry staff to be engaged in other branches of the Council's service.