[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough.

Maidstone (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1946

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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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record of successes, but I am not enamoured of the new scheme by which the training is divided between the nurseries and the Technical Schools. Not only is this a cause of difficulty from the division of the time of the students, but I cannot feel happy about the results which will follow from the emphasis which is now placed on theoretical instruction as apart from its practical application. I may be wrong, but time and the examination results will show. In the new educational scheme, there is emphasis placed on the nursery school as opposed to the day nursery, but 1 am certain that the latter will still be needed and my own view is that the atmosphere of a nursery is what the “ Under Fives ” require. Francis Thompson wrote “ Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.” My own wish would be the same, but not in the Nursery Schools of Heaven, for 1 doubt if such will be found. Day Nurseries—Monthly Attendances, 1946. January . Highfield 836 South Park 773 Ringlestone 417 Totals 2026 February . 1082 733 437 22S2 March . 1085 810 594 2489 April . 643 614 364 1621 May . 873 696 430 1999 June ... 61 1 586 343 1540 July . 771 712 390 1873 August . 604 614 375 1593 September . 590 608 391 1589 October 1012 726 64 1802 November . 994 653 — 1647 December . 760 411 — 1171 Total Attendances ... 9861 7936 3805 21602 Aver, monthly attend. 822 661 416 1899 Ringlestone Day Nursery was closed down on 5th October, 1946. Sunlight Clinic. Through the generosity of Messrs. Tilling-Stevens, Ltd., we have been presented with the necessary equipment for a sunlight clinic, which, as the inscription attached to the lamps says, was presented by Tilling-Stevens, Ltd., for the benefit of the Children of Maidstone.