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SECTION 5
GENERAL
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT

During the year the Boards set up under the Provisions Supplementary to Medicine
Act, 1960 have compiled their registers of those who are considered to be suitably
qualified and entitled to use the designation "State Registered". It is to be hoped that
the object of the Act, to provide for medical auxiliaries a guarantee of training and
status, will be achieved.
In respect of chiropody, I feel that Ealing has played some small part in this by the
effort we have made to enforce standards in the Borough.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
Section 50—Burial of the Dead
Ten burials were carried out during the year.
In four instances the total cost was recovered, and in three part of the cost. The
remaining three had to be written off as irrecoverable.
REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES
The Nursing Homes Act, 1963, came into operation in May, 1963.
The main effect of the Act is to make it a requirement that all Nursing Homes in
the Borough be registered with the Council. Under the previous legislation (Public
Health Act, 1936) homes run by voluntary organisations on a non-profit making
basis were exempt from registration.
A secondary effect of the Act is to lay down standards which can be enforced. These
are contained in The Conduct of Nursing Homes Regulations, 1963, and refer to the
provisions of facilities and services generally.
Efficient nursing care must be provided by day and night by a sufficient number of
suitably qualified and competent staff. Accommodation must be reasonable, clean and
in good repair and equipment and treatment facilities suitable for the type of patients
received. There are provisions to limit the number of persons received into Nursing
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