[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council.

  • Herefordshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Herefordshire / County of Hereford County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Day Nurseries Si. Martin's Day Nursery maintained by the Authority under Section 22 of the National Health Sen ice Act. 1940. provides 35 places for children under the age of 5 years. Priority is given to the admission of children coming within the following groups: (<i) Mother is unable to look after the child owing to illness. (/>) Mother is unable to look after the child, e.g. mother unmarried. (r) On medical grounds—the child requires to be with other children. 1 lie daily average attendance during the year was 2/.12. 35 children were on the register at the end of the year and 15 children were on the priority waiting list. A visit of inspection of the nursery was made during the year by the Public Health Nursing Ollicei ol the Ministry ol Health and one of H.M. Inspectors ol the Department of Education and Science, following this, the nursery was approved as a training establishment for N.N.E.B. students. A site is available for a new nursery and this project is included in our capital building pro- gramme lor 19(19/<0, but so far the Ministry has been unable to approve the inclusion of this scheme m the programme. Mother and Baby Homes 1 he Authority accepted financial responsibity for 38 cases admitted to mother and baby homes outside the County. Private Nursing Homes 4 here are two private nursing homes in the county registered by the County Council under sections 187 to 194 of the Public Health Act, 1936, as amended by the Nursing Homes Act, 1963. 1 liese provide a total of 16 beds for chronic medical sick. Nurseries and Child-Minders Premises and persons registered under Section 1 of the Nurseries and Child Minders’ Regulation Act, 1948; as amended: Registered premises Registered persons Factory Other T otal Number of premises or persons registered at end of year 1 20 21 9 Number of children permitted 20 410 430 109 Type of care (all day or sessional) provided by premises and persons included in above table. Premises providing Persotis providing all day care sessional care all day care sessiotial care Number of premises or persons 3 18 1 8 Number of children permitted 50 380 6 103