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Wimbledon 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION B. - GENERAL PROVISION OF
HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936, PART IV. — NURSING HOMES.
The Wimbledon Borough Council is responsible for the registration
and supervision of nursing homes in the Borough.
No additional homes were registered during the year. One existing
home closed down and another was transferred to Kingston-on-Thames.
Two were exempted on an annual basis, from registration under Section
192 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
The position at the end of 1953 was as follows:'—
Number of homes on the register:—
Maternity Nil
Others 5
Number of beds provided 65
Number of visits of inspection to registered and
exempted homes during the year 6
13