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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Harrow 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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The following tables sets out the particulars of the various homes registered at the end of the year, with details of the ownership and their
accommodation:—
| Beds | Type of Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda House, | Mrs. A. M. Elphick | 13 | Medical or Chronic |
| Mount Park, Harrow. | Mr. A. E. Elphick | ||
| Beverley Maternity Home, 170 Whitchurch Lane, Edgware. | Miss C. Dear | 2 | Maternity |
| 2 | Chronic | ||
| Brockenhurst Nursing Home, 82/84 Hindes Road, Harrow. | Mrs. T. O'Donnell | 11 | Chronic |
| Calvary Nursing Home, Sudbury Hill, Harrow. | Mother Superior | 48 | Medical or Chronic |
| Heywood Nursing Home, London Road, Stanmore. | Mrs. M. Guyatt | 4 | Medical |
| 1 | Maternity | ||
| Hillmede Nursing Home, 3 Lansdowne Road, Harrow. | Mrs. D. M. Woodman | 11 | Chronic |
| St. Michael's Nursing Home, 11 Hindes Road, Harrow. | Mrs. T. O'Donnell | 8 | Medical or Chronic |
(F) ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE AND
SPECIAL TREATMENT
By Section 355 of the Middlesex County Council Act of 1944, no
person shall carry on in this district an establishment for massage or
special treatment without a licence from the District Council authorising
him to do so. There is a saving clause for registered members of the
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and for members of the medical
profession.
Before approving the licensing of any premises, the Public Health
Committee requires to be satisfied about the general suitability for the
work to be done in it, and about the equipment. Those in whose name
the premises are licensed have to comply with the bye-laws relating to
the conduct of these premises. Licences are renewed annually.
It is the premises which are licensed. Anyone who carries on similar
treatment not at any premises but at the homes of patients does not need
to be licensed.
The Authority may refuse to grant a licence in respect of any establishment
in which massage or special treatment is or may be administered
by any person who does not possess such treatment qualifications as may
be reasonably necessary. Unfortunately no minimum standards of
qualification are laid down and when this Council applied some feft
years ago to be allowed to make a bye-law prescribing minimum
standards, the request was not granted.