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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Training. During 1954, six Nursery Students gained their
Certificates of the Royal Sanitary Institute and none failed. Their
future careers were as follows :—
2 continued as Staff Nursery Nurses with other authorities.
1 continued as Staff Nursery Nurse at Walthamstow.
1 entered General Nursing training.
1 continued as Staff Nursery Nurse at a Residential Nursery.
1 entered a Teachers' Training College.
NURSERIES AND CHILD MINDERS (REGULATION)
ACT, 1948
Registration was continued in one case for the care of up to 16
children aged 3/5 years, but the premises were not used for the
reception of children during 1954.
DAILY GUARDIAN SCHEME
The experience since the commencement has been as follows :―
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| No. of Daily Guardians on Register at end of year | 8 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| No. of applications for services of Daily Guardian | 25 | 23 | 26 | 32 |
| Referred to Day Nurseries | 10 | — | 20 | 21 |
| Referred to Daily Guardian but nothing further heard | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
| Placed with Daily Guardian | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 |
| Continued in care of Daily Guardian from previous year | — | 2 | 8 | 3 |
These 10 children were in the care of a Daily Guardian for periods as follows :— (Six of the children continued to be cared for in 1955.)
| Duration of Care (in weeks) : | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 49 | 52 |
| No. of Children 1954 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 1953 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| 1952 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| 1951 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |