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was suddenly called away to see her husband in hospital and arrangements
had to be made to look after the children, where there were elderly people
who were infirm or one of them suddenly fell ill, or where several members
of the family all fell ill about the same time as might occur in an influenza
outbreak.
Although the number of helpers is growing, the demand cannot be
met, and it is necessary to select those to be helped. Apart from the
confinement cases, first consideration is given to the households where
the need arises urgently, particularly where it is because of some acute
illness likely to be of short duration. To a growing extent, though, it
is now proving possible to provide assistance to those families where
there are elderly persons to be looked after, particularly if they are
disabled in such ways as by rheumatism or blindness. Help, too, is
given to many of those suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, and who
have to spend long periods resting; very often the families themselves
find those who are willing to help, the Authority then remunerating them.
Helps are paid by the Local Health Authority and according to the financial
circumstances of the household, some or all of this is recovered from
those who are helped.
Applications for help should be made to the organiser of domestic
helps, Mrs. McLeod, at the Area Office, " Cottesmore," Uxbridge Road,
Stanmore (Tel. No. Grimsdyke 741).
DAY NURSERIES.
The Local Health Authority maintains four day nurseries, to which
children up to the age of five years are admitted. They are intended
primarily for the children of mothers engaged whole-time on work classed
as of national importance. They are open for longer hours than are the
schools, so as to meet the needs of the working mothers. A charge of
Is. Od. per head per day is made. Forms of application can be obtained
from the matrons of the nurseries or from the Area Office.
Below are set out the particulars of the nurseries :—
No. of
Address Children Matrons Telephone No.
Kenmore Nursery, Ken-
more Road, Kenton 60 Mrs. Brocklebank Wordsworth 5578
Spencer Road Nursery,
Wealdstone 50 Mrs. Walmsley Harrow 4580
Headstone Drive Nursery,
Wealdstone 50 Miss Tompkins Harrow 0134
Walton Avenue Nursery,
South Harrow 60 Miss Sainsbury ... Byron 4692
Children under five years of age are admitted to one of the three
nursery schools maintained by the Education Authority, "Tyneholme,"
Rayners Lane, and Buckingham Road; or to the nursery classes attached
to some schools.