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own clothes being placed in numbered string bags and fumigated.
Their heads are washed at the Nursery once a week,
and oftener if this is found necessary.
All the clothing worn by the children at the Nursery
is hand-made.
The children are provided with three meals during the
day. Infants up to the age of eight or nine months are
bottle-fed. Whenever possible, arrangements are made for
a breast-fed infant to be kept on the breast for the morning
and evening feeds, bottle feeds being given at the Nursery
during the day as required. The older children receive an
excellent dietary suitable to their age. This is supplemented
by fruit juice and cod liver oil and malt or virol.
All preserves consumed by the children and staff are
made on the premises.
Infants up to the age of nine months are weighed
weekly, and thereafter monthly up to the age of two years.
Toddlers from two to five years are weighed every three
months. During 1933 one thousand and eight "weighings"
were carried out. The children respond well to the nursery
life and show a satisfactory gain in weight.
A charge of sixpence per day is made for each child
attending the Nursery. No children residing outside the
Borough are admitted. The revenue from this source
amounted to £273 3s. 6d. during 1933.
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.
The children at the Day Nursery were medically inspected
four times during the year. During these inspections suitable
advice was given with regard to their diets and where defects
were discovered the parents were notified accordingly.
Children suffering from minor ailments were referred to the
Health Centre for treatment.
One child, aged eighteen months, suffering from congenital
nystagmus was supplied with suitable glasses at one
of the London hospitals. One other child, suffering from
squint and wearing glasses previously supplied through the
Health Centre, was re-examined by the Oculist.
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