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The National Health Service Act, 1948, transferred the County Council's responsibility for the provision of a countywide hospital service to the new regional hospital boards. The Act came into force in July 1948. In the same month the National Assistance Act was enforced and transferred the responsibility of the County Councils for relieving financial distress to the National Assistance Board. Thus a new Welfare Department was set up as successor to the Public Assistance Department. The first meeting of the Welfare Committee took place on 5 July 1948.
Under Part III of the National Assistance Act the Welfare Department had the following functions:
1 Provision of residential accommodation for the aged and infirm
2 Provision of temporary accommodation for the homeless
3 Promotion of the welfare of people with disabilities such as blindness;
and under Part IV of the Act:
4 Administration of the registration of all homes for the elderly and disabled and responsibility to ensure the homes were suitably maintained
5 Registration of charities for the disabled
6 Provision of temporary protection of moveable property of certain persons
The following areas were used to administer these responsibilities within Middlesex.
Area 1: Enfield, Edmonton
Area 2: Southgate, Wood Green, Potters Bar, Friern Barnet
Area 3: Tottenham, Hornsey
Area 4: Hendon, Finchley
Area 5: Harrow
Area 6: Wembley, Willesden
Area 7: Ealing, Acton
Area 8: Uxbridge, Rusilip-Northwood, Hayes and Harlington, Yiewsley and West Drayton
Area 9: Brentford and Chiswick, Southall, Heston and Isleworth
Area 10: Twickenham, Staines, Feltham, Sunbury on Thames
On 1 April 1965 on the abolition of the Middlesex County Council the functions of the Welfare Department were transferred to the newly established London Boroughs.