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NURSING HOMES
The responsibility for the registration and supervision of nursing
homes lies with the Health Committee of the County Council.
At the beginning of the year there were 19 registered homes with
210 beds, of which 73 were for maternity patients. There has been a
continuing fall in the demand for admission to these homes, more
particularly by maternity patients. This has been reflected in the change
in the type of accommodation for which the homes have been registered.
At the end of the year 20 homes were registered. These provided 226
beds, of which 71 were for maternity cases.
ESTABLISHMENT FOR MASSAGE AND SPECIAL
TREATMENT
By Section 355 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, no
person shall carry on in this district an establishment for massage or
special treatment without a licence from the Council authorising him
to do so. There is a saving clause in respect of a registered member of
the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and a member of the medical
profession.
Before approving the registration of any premises the Committee
requires to be satisfied about their general suitability for the work and
about the equipment. Those registered are required to comply with
the bye.laws as to the exhibition of the certificates of registration, the
scale of charges, etc. As yet there is no bye.law in force in this district
which enables the authority to determine the standard of training of the
practitioner.
At the end of the year 30 premises were licensed. In addition,
certificates were lodged by registered members of the Chartered Society
of Physiotherapy in respect of five premises.
NURSING, MIDWIFERY, ETC., IN THE HOME
1. General Nursing.
The home nursing service maintained by the County Council is
provided for most of the area by the staff based at, and most of them
living in, the two homes maintained by the former Greater Harrow
District Nursing Association. The service is supervised by Miss Webster
at "Cottesmore." The Bessborough Road Nursing Home (Tel. No.
Byron 2647) is in charge of the Superintendent, Miss Dodds; and the
Home at 93, Uppingham Avenue (Tel. No. Wordsworth 2538) is under
Miss Allan. Miss Dutson, who was on the staff of the former Pinner
and Hatch End Nursing Association, works from 254, Uxbridge Road,
Hatch End (Tel. No. Hatch End 213).
The arrangement by which members of the staff of the Edgware and
Little Stanmore Nursing Association and of the Watling District Nursing
Association worked in this district came to an end during the year.
The home nursing service is continued on much the same lines as
when it was provided over most of the district by the District Nursing
Association, the nurses carrying out the treatment ordered by the
patients' medical attendants. The number of nurses is far below the