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Ealing 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Four applications for the renewal of certificates of exemption
and one new application in respect of the Dame Gertrude Young
Memorial Convalescent Home, which was opened during the year
in connection with the Central London Throat, Nose and Ear
Hospital, were granted.
The Assistant Medical Officer who acts as Inspector of Midwives
and Nursing Homes made 51 visits to nursing homes during the
year, while the Chief Sanitary Inspector visited seven homes
to give advice regarding various sanitary matters and to take
the measurements of the rooms concerned in new applications.
In one nursing home it was found that the staffing arrangements
were inadequate to deal with the class of case admitted and the
Council instructed that the cases in this Home be restricted to
chronic cases only.
The following table gives information regarding the nursing homes within the Borough :—
| No. of Homes. | No. of Beds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Nursing Homes on Register at beginning of year | 22 (14) | 207 (77) |
| Number of applications for registration | 7 | — |
| Number of Homes registered | 6 | — |
| Number of Orders made refusing registration | 1 | |
| Number of Nursing Homes discontinued | 2 | — |
| Number of Nursing Homes on Register at end of year | 26 (14) | 239 (68) |
(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).
The occurrence of several births at an address not registered
as a Nursing Home led to the discovery of a person who had been
receiving maternity cases into her home without applying for
registration under the Nursing Homes Registration Act. The
person concerned, who had apparently acted in ignorance,