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PART V
GENERAL
Medical Examination of Council's Staff
During the year 168 candidates were medically examined for
the purposes of the superannuation scheme. Six persons failed to
pass the examination.
Nine employees were medically examined in connection with the
Sick Pay Scheme.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
Part XII of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, provides
for the annual licensing of establishments of this description,
These are defined by the Act as "premises used for the reception
or treatment of persons requiring:-
(a) massage, manicure or chiropody; or
(b) electric treatment or radiant heat, light, electric, vapour
or other baths for therapeutic treatment; or
(c) other similar treatment.
Five new establishments were licensed during the year and at
the 31st December, 1952, there were twelve licences in force in
the Borough.
A proposal to make byelaws prescribing qualifications on the
lines recommended in the Cope Report on Medical Auxiliaries,
failed to gain Home Office approval.
Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951
At the 31st December, 1952, one establishment was licensed
for the manufacture of rag flock. Samples of the rag flock product
submitted for laboratory examination were found to pass all