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The number of persons treated during the year was 2,801. This shows a progressive increase
from 1,915 in 1967, and is an indication of the increasing demands made upon this service.

CORPORATION DAY NURSERIES
The Borough maintains four Day Nurseries providing a total of 200 places. In an emergency
each Nursery may accommodate an additional ten children and this allows urgent admissions to
be made to cover such domestic upheavals as a mother's serious illness or admission to hospital.
The service for mothers in the South Ruislip area has previously been provided by arrangements
with the London Borough of Harrow, and a number of Hillingdon children are still attending this
day nursery. Unfortunately, owing to pressure upon places for Harrow residents, it has become
increasingly difficult to obtain vacancies at this day nursery. This fact, coupled with the increasing
demand for such facilities in South Ruislip, had resulted in a proposal that a fifth day nursery
should be constructed in the South Ruislip area. Although this scheme was included in the Council's
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