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Day Nurseries and Child Minders
The two day nurseries remained open during the whole of 1958,
Admissions. One hundred and nine children were admitted. They were from families
whose ciroumstances fell within the Council's priorities as follows:-
First Priority:
Parents separated
10 children
Mother unmarried
9 „
Mother widowed
2 „
Father in prison
2 „
Father in H. M. Forces
1 child
Health of child
3 ohildren
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2 "
„ „ father
1 child
Children from "Problem Families"
3 children
Deserted by father
1 child
„ „ mother
22 children
TOTAL:
36
Second Priority: (Financial needs assessed
according to income per
head after certain deductions)
42
Temporary admissions:
31
TOTAL:
109
Reasons for temporary admissions, and average number of days spent in nursery:-
Mother's confinement in Hospital 22
admissions -
average
stay
13 days
Mother in Hospital for treatment 3
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17 „
Mother in Mental Hospital 1
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4 „
Mother in Hospital for operation 1
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8 „
Mother's health 4
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79 „
Ages of Children and Length of Stay
On 31st December, 1958, there were 89 children on the Day Nursery Registers. None
were under 6 months of age, 7 were between 6 months and 1 year, 19 were between 1 and 2
years and 63 were between 2 and 5 years. The length of time these children had been in
nurseries is as follows:-
4-5 years 1 child
3-4 years 0 children
2-3 years 11 "
1-2 years 30 "
Under 1 year 47 "
TOTAL: 89
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