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34
DAY NURSERIES
The borough has two day nurseries. These are Fairmead, ,
Ewell Road, Tolworth (42 places) and Canbury Park Road, Kingston
(46 places).
Admission to day nurseries is restricted to the following
priority categories:
1. Where the mother is the sole wage earner.
2. Where there is sickness in the family or where home
conditions exist which are likely to prejudice
seriously the health of the child.
3. Where, upon consideration of individual circumstances,
it appears to the Council that admission is necessary
in the interests of the child.
The nursery staff have assisted in caring for six handicapped
young children for a few sessions weekly, so as to relieve mothers of
some responsibility.
Many students in the field of education, social work, child
care and health visiting as well as student nurses and senior school
children, have visited the nurseries to observe child development and
the day care of children.
All children are under supervision by the medical staff of
the department. During the year two nursery students completed their
training and obtained the N.N.E.B. certificate.