25s A WEEK TO MIND BABIES.
Enfield District Council refused to adopt a scheme for the provision of a creche for the children of munition workers. In view of the high wages earned by the. fathers and mothers at the local factories, parents, they stated, were shirking their responsibilities. A member described how one woman was paying a neighbor 25s a' week to look after three children, and a man had earned over £lO for four nights' work at a shell factory.
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Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 65, 20 August 1917, Page 3
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8225s A WEEK TO MIND BABIES. Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 65, 20 August 1917, Page 3
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