[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council.

  • Dorset (England). County Council
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Dorset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of care and attention. It was not necessary for action to be taken under the provisions of Section 47 of the Act during the year. Temporary protection of property of persons admitted to hospitals, etc. The storage of property continued to be arranged, where necessary, in pursuance of Section 48 of the Act. REGISTRATION OF NURSING HOMES Periodic inspections of the registered homes in the county are carried out and, before any application for a certificate of registra- tion is granted, full enquiry is made as to the suitability and qualifications of the person in charge and layout of premises. Number of Homes Number of beds provided Maternity Other Total Homes first registered during the year 2 — 10 10 Homes whose registrations we withdrawn during year 3 — 18 18 Homes on register at end of year .. 16 15 201 216 Homes exempt from registration at end of year — — — — NURSERIES AND CHILD MINDERS REGULATION ACT 1948 A thorough investigation is carried out in connection with all applications for registration as child minder or day nursery. The functions of the County Council under this Act so far as Poole is concerned are exercised by the Poole Borough Council under the scheme of delegation of health and welfare functions. Nurseries and Child Minders Regulation Act 1948 Premises registered at end of year Daily minders registered at end of year Factory Other nurseries Number — 4 6 Number of places and number of children minded at end of year .. — 53 56 Environmental Hygiene Water Supplies and Sewerage A major step forward in the development of the county's water resources took place in July when the West Dorset Water Board's Hooke Pumping Station was officially opened by the Chairman of the County Council. Although it will be some time before this station reaches its design capacity, the way is now open to get water into parts of West Dorset where there have been grave shortages for many years. Already relief has been brought to Broadwindsor and Salway Ash; there is no longer any fear, either, of Bridport itself not having an adequate supply to meet both its present needs and those of the future. The Board have also paved the way for the development of the Litton Cheney source and have accepted a tender for the laying of a new trunk main down the valley to feed the new reservoir at Dottery. Amongst other villages which the Board have supplied as part of their regional scheme are Askerswell and Loders. There is par- ticular satisfaction about Loders where, for years, the parish council have been striving for main drainage but whilst the Bridport Rural District Council were keen to take action they were unable to do so until the water problem had been overcome. In September, the Minister rejected a case which had been made out by certain county district councils and statutory water under- takers for the setting up of one water board for the major part of Dorset. Instead, the Minister pressed that a Draft Order be prepared to merge the undertakings of the Weymouth Waterworks Company, the Portland Urban District Council, the Dorchester Borough Council and the Dorchester Rural District Council (with the exception of the Piddle Valley parishes) with that covering the statutory area of the West Dorset Water Board. This decision was in keeping with the views expressed by the County Council when regrouping proposals in Dorset were considered some years ago and it is to be hoped that there will be no undue delay in the formation of this new water authority. Until this is done it might be economically impossible for the West Dorset Water Board to complete their one-and-a-quarter-million- pound regional water scheme upon which so much depends if the health, prosperity and future development of this part of the county is to be safeguarded.
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