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secondary, and elementary schools have been brought to see the
Municipal Day Nursery and Health Centre in Park Lane.
Voluntary help in the war nurseries has proved to be very
popular among school girls', and throughout the year they have
been permitted to help in the nurseries, out of school hours and
during holidays. Girl Guides have come to the nurseries to gain
the experience for the Child Care badge. It has been necessary to
keep a waiting list of would-be assistants.
Visitors, both from this country and overseas, have visited the
Health Centres and War Nurseries and learnt how the health service
is planned and carried out. The educational value of this part of
the work well repays the time it demands.
A valuable source of education is the demonstration of the
provision of healthy surroundings and a good daily routine for
"under fives," which is seen by all who pass, or call at the new
Municipal Health Centre in Park Lane. The educational value of
seeing fifty children of all ages having their midday sleep in the
fresh air, day by day, is especially valuable at present when overfatigue
is, for various reasons, all too common among the young
children.
The lay-out of all the war-time nurseries and the way in which
they are conducted is a valuable piece of propaganda for the mothers
and fathers and older brothers and sisters who bring and fetch the
"under fives" daily.