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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
EMERGENCY CALL SERVICE
This service, which is operated from Westminster City Hall and shared between this
Council and the City of Westminster, provides cover for emergency calls on local authority
health and social services arising outside normal office hours. The cost is shared between the
two authorities, and between the Health and Social Services Departments of this Council.
During 1972, 2,744 calls were received in respect of this Council's services.
NURSING HOMES
Registration and Inspection (Public Health Act, 1936 — Part VI)
During 1972, no registrations were cancelled and 1 new Home was registered. This
had previously been a Home for 12 medical patients until it closed early in 1971. Under a
new owner, considerable reorganisation and reconstruction was carried out to provide
accommodation for 18 medical patients and the Home was registered again in March 1972.
During the year, 10 routine visits of inspection were made by a Principal Medical
Officer and the Chief Public Health Inspector and there were also 3 follow-up visits. All the
Homes were found to be generally satisfactory and only minor requirements were made in 3
of them.
Number of Homes registered on 1st January, 1972 6
Number of registrations cancelled during the year Nil
Number of Homes registered during the year 1
Number of Homes registered at 31st December, 1972 7
Total number of beds at 31st December, 1972 193
Medical Beds 148
Medical and Surgical Beds 38
Medical and Maternity Beds 7
Inspections by Principal Medical Officer and
Chief Public Health Inspector 13
Other inspections by Council's staff 2
Visits to proposed Nursing Home premises by Principal
Medical Officer and Chief Public Health Inspector 3
WATER SUPPLY
The water supply in Kensington and Chelsea is almost entirely provided by the
Metropolitan Water Board, but there are two premises which obtain water, used for
domestic purposes, from artesian wells. Samples of water were taken both by the Council
and the owners for bacteriological and chemical examinations, and the results were in all
cases satisfactory.
Swimming Baths
There are five swimming pools in the borough which are regularly examined, two at
the Public Baths in Silchester Road, two at the Public Baths in Chelsea Manor Street, and
one private pool, used by school children, situated in the Kensington Close Hotel.
The water used in the pools at Silchester Road and the Kensington Close Hotel is
taken from the main supply of the Metropolitan Water Board, and the pools at Chelsea
Manor Street are supplied from a deep well situated beneath the baths. In all establishments
the water is treated by chlorination and continuous filtration.