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35
MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
The Town Council has been the authority responsible for the
administration of the Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927,
since the 1st October, 1930.
No new applications for registration were received during
1932. Four applications for renewal of certificates of Exemption,
in respect of the King Edward Memorial Hospital, the Hanwell
Cottage Hospital, St. David's Home, and the Twyford Abbey
Convalescent Home, were granted.
The Woman Assistant Medical Officer who acts as Inspector
of Midwives and Nursing Homes made 55 visits to nursing homes
during the year, while the Chief Sanitary Inspector visited three
homes to give advice regarding various sanitary matters. In
several homes permission has been given to increase the number of
beds, so that although two homes have been discontinued the
total number of beds available has increased by seventeen. In
one nursing home it was found necessary to ask the owner to have
certain rooms redecorated and in another it was necessary to ask
that an additional trained nurse be engaged. Both requests
were immediately complied with.

(The figures shown in brackets indicate the number of Homes and
the number of Beds devoted wholly or partly to the reception of
maternity cases).