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NURSERY CRECHE. 57 White Horse Road, E.l.
This Creche was taken over by the Council from
the Anglo-American Relief Fund for London Children &
Mothers, Ltd. on the 21st August, 1947. Babies and
children under 5 years are looked after by a trained
staff and it is open for Stepney residents daily from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Saturdays and Sundays. The
purpose of the Creche is to give mothers a few hours
one day a week to attend to their own affairs without
having to worry about the welfare of their little ones,
and the charge for each child is sixpence per session
either from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The number of attendances up to the end of December
was 3056. It serves a useful need for the mothers of
Stepney and is much appreciated. There is only one
other Creche in London, but this is run by a voluntary
society.
There are 30 approved places, and the number of
children on the register at the end of the year was 99
under 2 years and 136 from 2-5 years.
MARY HUGHES CENTRE & DAY NURSERY, 22-28 Undorwood Road.
These premises were formerly the 3earsted Memorial
Hospital (Jewish Maternity Hospital) and comprised a
4-storey building erected and originally constructed as
a maternity hospital, the main building being built in
1927. The Bearsted Memorial Hospital now occupies new
premises at Lordship Road, Stoke Nowington, and the
Borough Council purchased the Underwood Road premises
for £32,000.
It is proposed to establish here an ante-natal
clinic, day nursery, special residential nursery for
short-term care of premature infants, a hostel for
nursery nurses and a resident caretaker's flat. Facilities
are also providod for a school treatment centre
for the L.C.C.
The first part of the scheme, viz., the infant
welfare centre and ante-natal clinic, day nursery, and
resident caretaker's flat wore completed this year, and
the premises Were formally opened by His Worship the
Mayor, Councillor M. Zeital, J.P., on the 5th November,
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