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Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927.—-In April, 1928, a report was
submitted to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee upon the
provisions of this Act which came into operation on 1st July, 1928. Upon
the recommendation of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee the
Council resolved that—
"A communication be addressed to the Minister of Health, the
London County Council and the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing
Joint Committee, urging on the grounds of efficiency, economy and
the avoidance of overlapping, that all powers under the Act, other
than the power to make by-laws, should, in London, be delegated
to the Metropolitan Borough Councils, and that formal application
be made to the London County Council for the delegation of powers
under the Act, so far as Nursing Homes in the Borough of Poplar
are concerned, to this Council.''
A reply was received from the Clerk of the London County Council
stating that the London County Council had considered whether it should
delegate any or all of its powers other than the power to make by-laws
and the Council had come to the conclusion that "in order to secure a
uniform standard throughout the County, all the powers should be exercised
by the Central Authority during the initial period of the operation of the
Act, and on 31st January, 1928, the Council decided not to delegate any
of its powers.
" A survey of the registrable nursing homes is now in progress and
the Council proposes after 1st July next, when complete information as
to the homes will be available, to review the whole matter."
Later in the year a letter was received from the London County
Council stating that as the question of delegation of various powers to
the metropolitan boroughs must inevitably arise for reconsideration in the
near future it was considered inadvisable now to delegate a particular
portion of the public health service.