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Convalescent Homes.
Such of these homes as accept patients needing nursing care and
medical treatment are administered by the Regional Hospital Boards.
Arrangements for the admission of patients are made by the hospital
almoners.
Persons needing only supervision and rest in homes not providing
nursing care or medical treatment are admitted to homes administered
by the local health authority. Arrangements for admission are made
by the County Medical Officer, 10, Great George Street, London (Tel. No.
Whitehall 4400).
NURSING HOMES.
The responsibility for the registration of nursing homes which had
been delegated to the Harrow Council as maternity and child welfare
authority, returned in July, 1948, to the County Council. This was not
one of the matters referred to be administered by the Area Committee,
and remains then to be dealt with by the Health Committee of the
County Council.
The last year has seen a falling off in the demands for admission
to the nursing homes, more particularly for maternity beds, part of this
fall being the result of the smaller number of births. Doubtless, however,
the main cause of the decline is that no charge is made for admission to
those hospitals administered on behalf of the Minister. The following
table sets out the particulars of the various homes registered at the end of
the year, with details of their ownership and their accommodation.
Bermuda House,
Mount Park, Harrow
Beverley Maternity
Home, 170, Whitchurch
Lane, Edgware
Bowden House, London
Road, Harrowon-the-Hill
Brockenhurst Nursing
Home, 84, Hindes
Road, Harrow
College Hill Nursing
Home, 123, College
Hill Road, Harrow
Weald
Culverlands Nursing
Home, Green Lane,
Stanmore
Grosvenor House
Nursing Home, 100,
High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill
Mrs. A. M. Elphick
Mr. A. E. Elphick
Miss C. Dear
Bowden House Nursing
Home Associa
tion, Ltd.
Mrs. T. M. Bell
Mrs. F. M. Ellis ...
Dr. P. Vosper
Mrs. N. Chaplin
Beds Type of Case
11 Maternity and
chronic
4 Maternity
14 Mental or borderline
6 Chronic
7 Maternity, medical
or surgical
11 Chronic
20 Medical or chronic