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I like your paper very much, having taken it from its commencement.

Enclosed are two snaps of my little girl, now 19 months. She is a happy baby, but hates to be without a playmate, and attends Whitefield Day Nursery during the week, as I go to work. How I would love a nursery like one or two of those shown in your paper. 5, 12, 19 May 1926

Babies' hotel

One of the outstanding features of this country today is the evidence of the increasing love for and care of its children. For the destitute, institutions have been founded and endowed. For the poor and hard-working mother there are the Infant Welfare Centres, where help and advice can always be obtained and at long last the needs of the middle classes are receiving attention. It was for such parents that Buxted Lodge was instituted - for those who are able and willing to pay a moderate sum for their infants to be carefully tended, when for some reason or another, such as acute housing questions, illness and other difficulties, they themselves are unable to provide adequate accommodation and attention.

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