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intention to frame the Byelaw was duly given. As no objection
to the Council's intention was received, the Byeiaw was adopted
by the Council and subsequently confirmed by the Secretary of
State for Home Affairs in December, 1940.
The Byelaw states that—
" No person shall administer massage or special treatment
at any establishment within the Borough of Leyton, licensed
under Part IV of the Essex County Council Act, 1933, unless
such person possesses appropriate qualifications in Medical
Auxiliary work approved by the Board of Registration of
Medical Auxiliaries as evidenced by the entry of that person's
name in the National Register of Medical Auxiliary Services.
Provided that this Byelaw shall not apply to any establishment
licensed at the date of confirmation of this Byelaw until the
expiration of two years from such date of confirmation."
Before that time it had been the practice of your Council
to grant new licenses only to persons possessing qualifications
recognised by that Board. Therefore the Byelaw merely
gives legal effect to what was your established though unwritten
rule.
Although the power to make Byelaws prescribing technical
qualifications is common to all Authorities possessing powers of
control over these establishments, Leyton Corporation was the first
Authority in the country to make a Byelaw prescribing technical
qualifications. Since that time other Authorities have made
similar Byelaws.
FOOT CLINIC.
The number of treatments given during 1940 was 5,117, a
decrease of 1,064 on last year.
Two factors may be held responsible for this decrease:—
(1) the severe weather in January and February, which confined
many people, especially the old and infirm, to their homes; and
(2) the large evacuation which followed the onset of daylight and
night bombing after 7th September.
Notwithstanding these conditions the number of new cases
who received treatment was 387 ; of whom 340 were adults and
47 children.