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SECTION 5
GENERAL

In accordance with the provisions of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine
Act, 1960, a register is kept of all those suitably qualified for this work and allows
them to use the title "State Registered". This ensures that these medical auxiliaries
have the requisite training and status.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
Section 50—Burial of the Dead
During the year five burials were carried out.
In three instances the total cost was recovered and in one, part of the cost. The
remaining one had to be written off as irrecoverable.
REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES
All Nursing Homes in the Borough must be registered with the Council under the
provisions of the Nursing Homes Act, 1963.
The Conduct of Nursing Homes Regulations, 1963, made under the Act lay down
standards of facilities and services which can be enforced by the Council.
Qualified nursing staff must be provided both by day and by night in sufficient
numbers. Accommodation for patients must be of a high standard in regard to
cleanlinesss, state of repair, equipment and facilities for treatment. The number of
persons for which a Nursing Home is registered may not be exceeded without
permission of the Borough Council.
The number of Homes in the Borough now registered by the Council is eight, with
a total of 271 beds.
The following is a list of Nursing Homes in the Borough:—
Alexian Brothers Nursing Home, Twyford Abbey, Twyford Abbey Road, N.W.10.
Carlton Nursing Home, 1 Carlton Road, Ealing, W.5.
The Lady Margaret Nursing Home, 87 Mattock Lane, W.5.
Methuen Nursing Home, 13 Gunnersbury Avenue, W.5.
Old Court Nursing Home, 19 Montpelier Road, Ealing, W.5.
St. Anthony's Nursing Home, 40 Mount Park Road, W.5.
St. David's Home, Castlebar Hill, Ealing, W.5.
Servite House, Queens Walk, Ealing, W.5.
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