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A charge of 6d. per day is made for each child attending
the Nursery. No children residing outside the Borough were
admitted during the year. The revenue from this source
amounted to £252 12s. 9d. during 1930.
A medical record card is made out for each child. This
card has been drawn up to conform with those used in the
Maternity and Child Welfare and School Medical Departments.
This enables the medical record to be transferred with the child
and attached to its school medical record when it commences
school.
All the toddlers in the Nursery were inspected by the Dental
Surgeon in January and June. The condition of the
teeth of the older children was remarkably good. Over 50 per
cent. of them were entirely free from dental caries. 8 children
were found to require treatment. In 7 of these cases the treatment
was carried out at the dental clinic. Only in one case was
treatment refused.
Regular routine medical inspection of children at the
Nursery was also undertaken. As far as possible the children
are examined every three months. Any child whose condition
is not considered satisfactory is brought to the attention of the
mcdical staff during the weekly visits.
Any child who on admission to the Nursery is found to be
suffering from any suspicious illness is immediately placed in
the isolation room and all precautions taken until it has been
medically examined.
In 2 cases during the year children were found to be suffering
from scarlet fever when admitted to the Nursery. They were
immediately sent home and the necessary disinfection and precautionary
measures taken. No further cases occurred.
In May, measles was prevalent in Wimbledon, and the
number of children attending the Nursery dropped to 11. At
the same time several Nursery children were reported to be ill
at home with measles. Consequently the Nursery was closed
from the 13th June to the 30th June and the premises
thoroughly disinfected.
Every week the Public Health Department forwards to the
Matron of the Day Nursery the names and addresses of school
children who are absent on account of infectious diseases. This
enables the Matron to ascertain whether any of the Nursery
children are coming from infected homes. Such children are
immediately excluded.
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