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(iii) Institutional Treatment for Mothers and Children.
(a) There is no provision in the Borough for institutional
treatment for mothers and children, provided by the
Corporation, but private arrangements exist for the reception
of expectant unmarried mothers at t he Kingston Deanery Home
for Friendless Girls, 18 Richmond Park Road. The home is
administered by a voluntary body, the Kingston Deanery Moral
Welfare Committee, affiliated to the Southwark Diocosan
Association for moral welfare. There are nineteen beds.
Admission is not confined to Kingston residents, but is
extended to girls residing anywhere in, or occasionally
beyond, the Southwark diocese. TJie expectant mothers enter
the home about two months before confinement which takes place
at Kingston County Hospital, and it is a condition of their
acceptance that they stay for at least two months after confinement,
at the end of which period efforts are made to secure
them suitable employment. A social welfare worker keeps in
touch with the girls after they leave the home. There is a
permanent staff consisting of a Matron, S.C.M. Nurse and a
Cook-Housekeeper.
The following table shows the numbers of admissions to
the home during the past five years:-
1942-58
1943-59
1944-32 X
1945-50
1946-58
x The home was closed from mid-June, 1944, until 1st. October,
1944, during the flying bomb attacks. As many of the cases
as possible were sent home; others were evacuated under the
Government Evacuation Scheme. This acoounts for the low
numbers cf admissions to the home during 1944.
DAY NURSERIES.
(b) On the 1st. January, 1945, there were five day nurseries
in the Borough, four of which were administered by the local
authority, with the approval of the Ministry of Health. The
remaining nursery operated under private direction but received
a grant from the Corporation of 1s. per day, per attendance,
part of which is recoverable from the Ministry of Health.
On 1st. April, 1946, Fairfield Day Nursery was transferred
to the administrative control of the Surrey County Council as
a Nursery School, and admits children from 2-5 years of age.
At Surrey Villa Day Nursery the upper age limit is 3 years.
The remaining nurseries, Canbury Park and Kilnwood admit children
whose ages range from 1 month to 5 years.