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GENERAL
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF
Forty-nine persons were medically examined to determine their fitness
for acceptance on the permanent staff. Forty-seven were found to be fit.
One of the conditions of the scheme for sickness pay for all employees
who come within the scope of the National and Provincial Councils for
Non-Trading Services (Manual Workers), which came into operation
on the 5th July, 1948, is that all new employees be required to submit
to a medical examination before the completion of six months' service
with the Council in order to determine their fitness for admission to
the scheme. Sixty persons were examined, fifty-seven of whom were
accepted for the scheme. Nine other examinations were carried out.
MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT
Any premises in the Borough used or represented as being used or
intended to be used for the reception or treatment of persons requiring
massage or special treatment must be licensed. The treatments are
defined as:—
(a) massage, manicure or chiropody ; or
(b) electric treatment or radiant heat light electric vapour or
other baths for therapeutic treatment ; or
(c) other similar treatment ;
Following is a summary of the premises which are licensed under
the Act:—
Massage 6
Chiropody 19
Electrical treatment 6
Other similar treatment 4
Three members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy also
practise in the Borough.
BURIAL OR CREMATION OF THE DEAD
Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948 it is the
responsibility of the Borough Council to arrange the burial or cremation
of all persons who die in the Borough for whom no suitable arrangements
would otherwise be made.
Arrangements were made for the burial of the bodies of two women
and one man who died in their own homes. The man and one woman
were over 80 years and the other woman over 70 years.
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