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Nursing homes
The Council controls the registration and supervision of all
nursing homes within the Borough, and its powers in this connection
are contained in the following Acts and Regulations :
Public Health Act, 1936.
Nursing Homes Act, 1963.
The Conduct of Nursing Homes Regulations, 1963,
and. for mental nursing homes :—
Mental Health Act, 1959.
The Mental Health (Registration and Inspection of Mental
Nursing Homes) Regulations, 1960.
The Conduct of Mental Nursing Homes Regulations, 1962.
Periodic visits are made to all the homes by the Department's
medical and nursing officers and public health inspectors, and in
addition to the supervision of the nursing care provided and of the
sanitary arrangements in the homes, there is a close liaison between
the Department's staff and that of the Superintending Architect
of the Greater London Council and the London Fire Brigade's
Fire Prevention Officers to ensure that fire precautions and means
of escape in case of fire are at all times satisfactory.
There were six nursing homes in the Borough at the end of the
year, with a total of 248 beds. Their categories and accommodation
are given below together with the number of inspections made
during the year :—
Mental nursing homes (2) 162 beds
Mother-and-baby homes (1) 17 beds
Other nursing homes (3) 69 beds
Inspections by medical and nursing officers 12
Inspections by public health inspectors 5
Hairdressers and barbers
The provisions made under Section 21 of the Greater London
(General Powers) Act, 1967, state that no person may carry on a
business as a hairdresser or barber at any premises unless he is
registered in respect of those premises by the Borough Council:
228 such premises are registered with this Authority.
A total of 454 visits were made by technical assistants during
the year in connection with the work of registration and the
enforcement of existing bye-laws which lay down standards of
cleanliness in hairdressers' establishments.
In view of the increase in the use of wigs, hairdressers and wigmakers
were warned of the dangers of using benzine, carbon
tetrachloride and trichloroethylene for cleaning wigs, except in the
open air or in well-ventilated rooms.