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Note:- No new nurseries were opened or any nurseries closed, during the
year.

Note:- The Nurseries are closed on Saturdays.
The total attendances at the Nurseries decreased in 1951, as compared
with 1950, by 8,968.
The steady decline in the use of the Day Nurseries has been remarked
upon in most urban areas. High wages, full male employment and limitation
of the size of families may be contributory factors.
The need for the mother to go out to work to augment the family
income appears to have receded and In many instances this must be a good
thing, enabling the young mother fully to devote herself to the nurture
of the children and the proper care of her household.
The time must come when a limited number of nursery places only will
be required for medico-social reasons, for admission on purely financial
grounds is being sought with decreasing frequency.
NURSERY AND CHILD-MINDERS REGULATION ACT, 1948.
There were no daily minders provided by the Council at the 31st
December, 1951, and there were no premises or daily minders registered
under the above Act at 31/12/51.
The Authority were not paying any fees to daily minders under
section 22 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, at 31st December,
1951.