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30. REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
Nursing Homes
Nursing homes are required to be registered with the local authority under Section
190 of the Public Health Act, 1936, and at the end of the year, seven nursing homes were
registered with a total of 262 beds. During the year, alterations were made to one of the
homes so that two extra patients could be accommodated.
Visits are regularly made to all nursing homes to ensure that they maintain
satisfactory standards.
Details of nursing homes registered by the Council are given below:-
The Lady Margaret Nursing Home,
87 Mattock Lane, W.5
17 beds
Male and female - Geriatric
chronic sick and medical.
Methuen Nursing Home, 17 beds
13 Gunnersbury Avenue, W.5
Female - chronic sick and medical
Old Court Nursing Home,
19 Montpelier Road, W.5
14 beds
Male and female - medical and
surgical.
St. Anthony's Nursing Home,
40 Mount Park Road, W.5
15 beds
Male and female - chronic sick and
medical
St. David's Home,
Castlebar Hill, W.5
59 beds
Ex-servicemen - non-profit making,
Roman Catholic, taking all
denominations. Disabled.
Servite House,
Queen's Walk, W.5
42 beds
Male and female - non-profit making,
chronic sick and disabled.
Twyford Abbey Nursing Home,
Twyford Abbey Road,
N.W. 10
98 beds
Males -
Non-profit making organisation.
Roman Catholic, taking all
denominations. Chronic sick and
geriatric.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
The Council requires all persons operating an establishment for massage or
special treatment to be registered under Part XII of the Middlesex County Council
Act, 1944.
All establishments are inspected annually to ensure that they are satisfactory.
Byelaws made under the Act state that the licensed person must exhibit a complete
scale of all fees or charges, keep records of people employed at the establishment,
and keep particulars of cases treated.
There is a total of 31 establishments used by licensed persons in the Borough as
follows:
103