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NURSING HOMES REGISTRATION ACT, 1927.
The application of the Council to become the supervising
authority under the Midwives Acts having been approved the
Middlesex County Council delegated to the Borough Council
its powers under the Nursing Homes Registration Act of 1927
and the Borough Council became the supervising authority
from the 1st April.
The Middlesex County Council were, in this and in the
Midwives Acts, most helpful in providing all information
concerning these activities amplifying from personal knowledge
the information contained in the files which were
transferred.
It was decided that the appropriate person to carry out
this supervision was the officer who was appointed as supervisor
of midwives as many of these homes receive maternity
cases, but to allow for sickness and holiday periods the
remaining assistant medical officers were also nominated and
the right of entry thus ensured.
Bye-laws were made under Section 190 of the Public
Health Act of 1936, and these conform with the model bye-laws
of the Ministry of Health.
At the period of taking over the duties under the Act
there were 18 Nursing Homes registered in the area which
have been kept under periodical supervision. One additional
Nursing Home has been registered and the registration of two
cancelled as they had not for some time been used for their
original purpose.