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1968 amends the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act,
requiring any person caring for a child or children in her home
for more than 2 hours a day to register. Under the previous
Act, registration was only required where more than 2 children
were being cared for. This amendment came into operation on the
1st October, 1968, allowing a period of 3 months to enable
applications to be made and registration effected. Accordingly
publicity to this change was given in the form of posters,
advertisements in local papers etc., with a view to securing the
registration of all those concerned before the end of January
1969.
NURSING HOMES
One Nursing Home closed during the year and there are now
only two registered Nursing Homes giving a total of 41 beds
for acute and chronically sick patients. These Homes are regularly
inspected by the staff of the Health and Welfare Department.
PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS
Mass Radiography Unit 6(B) of the North East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board visited the Borough for the usual
bi-annual survey. The Unit was in the Borough for the whole
of July, August and part of September and held public sessions
at 16 different Centres throughout the District, whilst other
sessions were held at large factories, industrial sites etc. Visits
were also made to some of the Health and Welfare establishments
including the Residential homes for the elderly and the training
centre for the mentally handicapped. A total of 21,354 persons
(9,792 males and 11,562 females) were x-rayed and of these
95 males and 96 females were referred for further investigation.