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SECTION 4
GENERAL
MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
One new licence was issued to a chiropodist during
the year so that the number of registered establishments
at the end of the year was 26.
The same four persons were granted exemptions from
registration as before by virtue of being members of the
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
NURSING HOMES
Eight registered Nursing Homes remain in the Borough
and these are inspected annually,
One of these was granted fresh registration in the
name of the daughter of the owner upon her taking over
the home following her mothers death.
In addition to the above there is one home for ex
service men only which is exempt from registration.
HEALTH EDUCATION.
The same means were employed for distributing leaflets
issued by the Central Council for Health Education as in
previous years, through the display trays in the Town
Hall and in the Libraries. In the same manner 1 000 copies
a month of Better Health, the journal of the Central
Council, are distributed.
Prom the demand for both the leaflets and the Journal
there is no doubt that this is an effective means of bringing
to a wide cross section of the general public much
useful advice and information.
In November 1956, it was decided that the Borough
should take part in the National Home Safety Week from
November 5th to 10th.
This campaign was initiated by the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents who took as their theme the
prevention of accidents in the homes of elderly people, A
letter announcing Ealing's participation in this scheme
was published in the local press a fortnight in advance.
In this letter it was pointed out that the accident
rate among old persons has gradually risen in recent years,
and that many such accidents were preventable. In 1954 for example, there were about 5 400 deaths amongst elderly