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Public Health Act, 1936, Sec. 187/195. Nursing Homes.
The Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927, has been
repealed, hut its provisions have been incorporated in the
above-mentioned Act. As before, the County Council is
the Local Authority concerned, but the delegated powers
exercised by this Local Authority have been continued.
Two nursing homes have been deleted from the
register, consequent on their voluntarily closing down;
one closed during 1937, and the other in the early part
of 1938.
Each registered nursing home comes under routine
inspection quarterly by the Assistant Medical Officer of
Health. It is satisfactory to record that those responsible
for these nursing homes are alive to their responsibilities
under the law, and exhibit a readiness at all times to
co-operate in maintaining satisfactory conditions in their
nursing homes. No serious breach of the regulations has
been reported in the area since the inception of the
legislation controlling these institutions.
The following tabulation gives particulars of maternity
and nursing homes registered by the Local Authority
as at the 31st December, 1937, and for convenience of
recording I have included details of the larger hospitals
which are exempt from registration under the provisions
of the Act.