[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Swindon Borough.

  • Swindon Borough Council
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Swindon Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DAY NURSERIES, AND CHILD MINDERS. The day nursery at Gorse Hill Community Centre provides 25 places. Priority is given to parents who require placement of their children for social reasons. Meals continue to be provided by the nursery staff and the menus are scrutinised by the inspecting Medical Officer. The following table summarises the position of the Local Health Authority Nursery:- ? 1 i i j Number of Nurseries Number of Approved Places Number of children on the Register at the erd of the year. l Average daily attendance j i j 0-5 0-2 2-5 0-2 2-5 Nurseries i maintained by the j Council 1 25 } 2 14 ! 1 i 1 11 : : ; * NURSERIES AND CHILD MINDERS REGULATIONS ACT. 2 new registrations providing 4l places,were made during the year 1965« 3 other establishments continued to be registered, and provided a total of 67 places between them. NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS. Actual number of births in the Authority’s area during the year as notified under Section 203 of the Public Health Act, 1936, or Section 255 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and the number as adjusted by any notifications transferred in or out of the area:- i (1) Live Births Stillbirths Totals Actual (2) Adjusted (3) Actual (4) • Adjusted | (5) Actual (6) Adjusted (7) (a) Domiciliary 855 856 2 1 2 857 858 ; (b) Institutional 1425 1151 55 4l 1480 1192 ; (c) Total 2280 2007 57 1 ^3 -4- 2337 2050 134 more births occurred in Swindon during 1963 compared with 1962.
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