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26. 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, eight nursing homes were registered with a total of 275
beds.
Visits are regularly made to all nursing homes to ensure that they maintain satisfactory standards.
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 29 establishments used by licensed persons in the borough as follows:-
Chiropody only 12
Chiropody and special treatment 6
Massage only 2
Massage and special treatment 1
Physiotherapy and special treatment 1
Osteopathy 3
Beauty treatment 4
Boards were set up under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act, 1960, and registers were
compiled of those medical auxiliaries considered to be suitably qualified. People registered are
entitled to use the designation "state registered".
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