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East Ham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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DAY NURSERY
TABLE 21
| Year | Number at 31st December | No. of approved places | No. of children on the register at the end of the year | Average dally attendance during the year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | ||
| 1958 | 1 | 27 | 47 | 16 | 40 | 13.0 | 38.3 |
| 1959 | 1 | 27 | 47 | 20 | 46 | 15.0 | 39.5 |
There are no Nurseries in the borough provided by voluntary Organisations, the one nursery
being operated by the authority.
NURSERY AND CHILD-MINDERS REGULATION ACT, 1948.
There were no daily minders provided Dy the Council during the years and there were no premises
or daily minders registered under the above Act at 31st December ineach year.
The Authority do not pay any fees to daily minders under section 22 of the National Health
Service Act, 1946.
CARE OF UNMARRIED MOTHERS
The Authority does not provide a Mother and Baby Home, but, where necessary patients are
admitted to homes maintained by voluntary Moral Welfare Associations or by other Local Health Authorities.
During 1958 the Council accepted financial responsibility for the maintenance of one unmarried
mother and for two unmarried mothers in 1959.
These mothers were cared for in recognised mother and baby homes, the period of care varying
from 2 weeks to 9 weeks.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN (Circular 2866)
The Council do not employ a social worker for the purposes of the above Circular.
These duties are undertaken by the Superintendent Health Visitor, and close co-operation is
maintained with the Children's Officer and the Chief Education Officer.
SECTION 23- MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Our domiciliary midwives have acquitted themselves very well in the past 5 years, and won
golden opinions both from the mothers they delivered and the doctors practising midwifery in East Ham.
The table appended indicates the self reliance and competence of the local authority midwives,
but it is possible that an increasing number of general practitioner obstetricians would in the future
desire to play a more active role in childbirth.
It should be remembered that in addition to the care to their patients, two of our midwives
are actively engaged in the supervision and training of midwifery pupils on the district.