View report page

66
Notices were received in respect of 35 infants and young children
newly admitted during the year; of these 20 had ceased to attend
the Nursery before the end of the year.
Thirty-four of the children who had been attending at the
Day Nursery during 1938 discontinued attendance in the course of
the year. The various reasons for cessation of attendance were
as follows: 10 discontinued attending as the mother had ceased
going out to work, 12 ceased to attend as other arrangements had been
made for their care, 5 because the family had left the district, 3 were
admitted to institutions, and 4 had reached school age.
Of the 23 children attending at the end of 1938 3 were infants
under one year of age; 9 were between 1 and 3 years, making a total
of 11 under three years of age; 11 of the children in attendance were
between 3 and 5 years of age.
Exclusions to prevent spread of infectious disease during 1938
were as follows1 child was excluded suffering from German
measles and 3 as contacts of this disease; 2 suffering from whoopingcough
and 2 suffering from mumps.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Only one case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified during
1938. The birth occurred in a London general hospital, and the
disease commenced a few days after birth whilst the infant was still
in hospital. Special institutional provision was not required in this
case: after discharge from hospital the District Nurse visited the
child at home and treated the eye. The eye recovered without any
impairment of vision resulting.