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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The following table shows the use made of the service during the last six years.
| 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of cases dealt with during the year | 84 | 78 | 70 | 56 | 67 | 83 |
| No of cases remaining at end of year | 44 | 47 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 42 |
| No, of cases that died | 39 | 26 | 48 | 35 | 31 | 48 |
| No of cases removed to hospital | 39 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 30 |
| No of cases where other arrangements were made | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total number of articles dealt with | 34,259 | 36,755 | 44,466 | 36,723 | 59,004 | 48„847 |
| Total number of collections | 3,347 | 3,086 | 3,333 | 2,766 | 4,822 | 2,954 |
| Average number of articles per collection | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 16.5 |
MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
Twenty-four establishments remained registered at the
end of the year, and four exemptions were granted to
members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
One application for registration was refused because
the applicant did not possess the technical qualifications
required by the Council.
During the year Parliament passed The Professions
Supplementary to Medicine Act. 1960, but this has not
yet come into operation.
The Act provides for the establishment of Boards to
promote a high standard of professional education and
conduct for Chiropodists, Dietitians, Medical Laboratory
Technicians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists,
Radiographers and Remedial Gymnasts, These Boards will
have the function of maintaining a Register of those who
have attended courses of training approved by the Board,
or in the case of existing practitioners those who are
considered suitably qualified by reason of practical
experience before the appointed day. Registered persons
will be entitled to use the title of State Registered
Chiropodist etc. A Council for Professions Supplementary
to Medicine is to co-ordinate and supervise the activities
of the Boards,
At present the Borough Council is responsible for
registration of establishments for Massage and Special
Treatments under the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944,
and may refuse to license all those who do not possess
such technical qualifications as may be reasonably