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/ Attendances are recorded, for the purpose of this
report from June, 1943> "being the date the nurseries
were approved officially as war-time nurseries.
/ Figures for St. Peter's up to and including 9.6.45 when
nursery was closed.
x Kilnwood Nursery admissions were stopped from 7.7.45 to
21.7.45 owing to the prevalence of measles and whooping
cough in the district. Admissions restarted on 23.7.45.
+ Figures for Fairfield are for 1.1.46 to 31.3.46 when
Nursery was taken over by Surrey County Council.
The greatest difficulty is experienced in recruiting
suitably qualified persons, and the staff is seldom up to
full establishment. Staff is chosen with special reference
to their experience in the handling of children under the
age of five years. The essentials of adequate nutrition
have been carefully watched in the diet of the children.
I gratefully acknowledge the hard work carried out by
all those working in the Nurseries.
(c) CARE OF PREMATURE INFANTS.
The recommendations of Ministry of Health Circular 20/34
are followed and records are kept giving details of the number
of premature births notified during 1945. They are as
follows
(a) Total number of premature births notified during
1946, born-
(1) At home 6
(2) In hospital 29
(b) Number of those born at home-
(1) Who were nursed entirely at home 6
(2) Who died during the first 24 hours
(3) Who survived at the end of one month 6
(c) Number of those born in hospital -
(1) Who died during the first 24 hours -
(2) Who survived at the end of one month 29