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The peace and quiet of sleep-time is but brief—or seems so.
Everyone is very lively until the arrival of fruit, which keeps even
the most energetic quietly occupied.
Then the arrival of mothers and fathers, and happy pramloads
are pushed homewards."
There are two Voluntary Day Nursery Schools in the
Borough. No statutory medical examinations have taken place
in the schools, but children under 5 years for whom operative treatment
of Tonsils and Adenoids is required are referred for treatment
by the Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
The following are the details of the Dockland Settlement
Nursery School:—
This Nursery School has been in existence almost four years,
and has accommodation for forty children, who spend from 8.30
a.m. until 4.30p.m. in a delightful Nursery, specially designed
for them, with a large play room, bathroom and kitchen, all to
themselves. They attend from Monday until Friday, and spend
their day in the usual Nursery School routine, playing in the
Settlement garden and in the Nursery play-room, with their many
toys, and learning the first little lessons and habits of life and
mind training. At ten o'clock each child has a mug of Horlick's
Malted Milk, and at 12.30 a well-cooked two-course mid-day dinner
is served, after which the children rest on their beds for one
and a half hours. Refreshed by this they wake up to more play
till tea-time, and by this it is time to prepare for home.
Last Summer 32 of these children spent a happy week at the
Dockland Holiday Home at Heme Bay, and much benefited by
the lovely sea air. The general health in the Nursery is excellent,
and it is amazing how well delicate children come on soon after
admission. Once a term arrangements are made for a gathering
of Nursery mothers, who meet together for a social evening
and a helpful discussion with the Superintendent on the bringing
up of their children. The homes of the children are visited by
the Staff, this being invaluable in helping us to know the home
conditions and environment from which each child comes.
We also keep in touch with each child as they pass on to the
bie school, and have an annual re-union for them.
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(16) Secondary Schools and Other Institutions of
Higher Education.
The Institutions referred to here comprise—
(1) The Municipal College (Provided by the Authority).
(2) The West Ham Secondary School(Provided by the
Authority).
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