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The Council's Day Nursery in Green Wrythe Lane was originally
established under the auspices of the Ministry of Health as a war-time
nursery and later transferred to the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme. It provides 74 places, 34 under two years and 40
over two and is open daily, Monday to Friday from 7.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and on Saturdays 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. All applications are carefully
considered to ensure that each has good grounds for acceptance. The
majority of mothers are engaged in industry, the fact being confirmed
by a statement from the employer. A few children deprived of adequate
home care from other causes, e.g., illness of the mother, are admitted
for those reasons. There is a lengthy waiting list for admission.
Payment by the parents is still, as originally, 1/- per day.

DOMESTIC HELPS.
The Domestic Help Scheme was established by the Council in
1945 in accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 179/44. The
objects of the Scheme are similar to those of the Home Help Scheme
for providing domestic assistance during confinement which has been
a feature of the Maternity and Child Welfare Service for many years
and to which reference has already been made. The Domestic Help
Service, however, is wider in its scope and covers all cases where
persons, sick or infirm, whether through old age or otherwise, are
unable to obtain domestic help of which, under present conditions,
they are particularly in need. Four full time helps and several parttime
and occasional helps were employed under both schemes. Payment
to the helps and the scale of contribution was the same in each.
Domestic help was supplied to fourteen households for periods varying
up to six weeks. These were additional to the 55 families assisted
under maternity and child welfare arrangements.
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