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SECTION 4.
GENERAL.
MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENTS.
Two new licences were granted during the year, one of these
applicants was already practising but on changing his premises a
new licence became necessary.
Two establishments were closed, one person moving form the
district and the other commenced a visiting practice not requiring
registration.
At the end of the year 25 establishments remained.
One application for a certificate of Exemption from
Registration was granted to an applicant who was a member of the
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists. Another exempted person
ceased to practise in her own home and commenced a visiting
practice and then there remained four persons exempted from
registration.
NURSING HOMES.
Eleven nursing homes remained as in the previous year.
These were inspected twice during the year by the Deputy Medical
Officer of Health.
In March authority was given for the extension of 107,
Cowper Road, W.7. and also for an increase in the number of beds
registered for 34, Eaton Rise, Ealing, W.5.
HEALTH EDUCATION.
The leaflet display trays in the Town Hall vestibule and in
the six main libraries were maintained as before and the demand
was approximately the same, 14,500 leaflets being distributed
during the year. Also distributed in the same way each month are
copies of Better Health, the official journal of the Central Council
for Health Education.
A leaflet in each copy gives the public information regarding
the work of the Department and the various duties of the Sanitary
Inspectors.
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Candidates for permanent appointment to the Council's service
are required to pass a medical examination on appointment as are
manual staff for admission to the Sickness Pay scheme of the
National Joint Industrial Council for Local Authorities NonTrading
Services.