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Miss F. Sabin, 40, College Road, Harrow.
Mr. R. J. Turvey, 87, Streatfield Road, Kenton.
Watford Co-operative Stores, High Street, Wealdstone.
Mrs. A. D. Wilson, 53, Elgin Avenue, Harrow.
Miss Nesta Wimbush, 432, Pinner Road, Harrow.
The following are particulars of premises in respect of which
certificates have been lodged by registered members of the Chartered
Society of Physiotherapy:—
Miss A. M. Churchill, 50, Wychwood Avenue, Edgware.
Messrs. Crimmins & Spark, 40, Sheepcote Road, Harrow.
Mrs. B. A. Elsmore, 23, Devonshire Road, Hatch End.
Mr. Douglas C. Lelean, 18, Imperial Drive, North Harrow.
Mr. Walter M.Millard, 21, Cuckoo Hill Road, Pinner.
Miss B. Teasdale, 118, Headstone Lane, Harrow.
NURSING, MIDWIFERY, ETC., IN THE HOME
1. General Nursing
Up to 1948 apart from the few who could make their own arrangements
with private nurses, those needing the attention of nurses in their
homes relied on the services given by the staffs of the various District
Nursing Associations. These were voluntary bodies who had assumed
responsibility for maintaining a nursing service in their districts. In
many places the district nurses were also the local midwives. These
nurses or nurse-midwives lived either in their own homes or in nurses'
homes provided and maintained by the Association. Some of the
Associations developed contributory schemes, and also undertook work
for local authorities and commercial undertakings. A charge was
usually made for the service of the nurse, though this was reduced or
even remitted in the case of those who were not well off. In Harrow
there were a number of these Associations; the largest of them was that
operating mostly in Harrow-on-the-Hill. Some of the smaller associations
were disbanded and in time the Greater Harrow District Nursing
Association covered the whole area except that of Pinner and Hatch End
and part of Edgware. This Harrow Association as contrasted with
some of the smaller Associations in the area provided a nursing service
only, not a nursing and a midwifery service. They transferred from
other premises to a nurses' home in Bessborough Road. Later they
built as well a new nurses' home in Uppingham Avenue.
By Section 29 of the National Health Service Act: " It shall be the
duty of every local authority to make provision in their area whether
by making arrangements with voluntary organisations for the employment
of those organisations' nurses or by themselves employing nurses
for securing attendance of nurses on persons who require nursing in
their own homes." In their proposals for the administration of this
service the County Council decided: " It is not proposed to make any
arrangements with voluntary organisations for the employment of home
nurses unless the County Council find it expedient as a transitional
measure." In 1948 then the County Council took over the premises of
the Greater Harrow District Nursing Association and engaged the staff