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play-but in the garden, and recently a verandah has
been erected on the west side of the house.
A useful feature of the work of the Day Nursery
is that it is used as a training school in the management
of infants and young children for girls preparing to be
children's nurses, and certificates of such training of at
least a year's duration are granted. For these purposes
the Nursery is affiliated to the National Society of Day
Nurseries, 117, Piccadilly, W.l.
The attendances during 1929 were:—
Individual children attended:—
Under three years of age 7G
Over three years and under five 26
The total attendances made by the above children
were:—
Under three years:—
Whole days 5,014
Half days 952
Over three years:—
Whole days 1,348
Half days 86
Total:—
Whole days 6,362
Half days 1,038
7,400
Supply of Milk under the provisions of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918.
Under the provisions of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Act, 1918, considerable quantities of milk, for
the most part dried milk, are supplied free or at less
than cost price to necessitous nursing and expectant
mothers and to children under three years of age.
During 1929 such grants were made in 230 cases, a
slight increase over the numbers for the previous year.