Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT
The Corporation loans equipment and makes a small weekly charge,
with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.
During the year the undermentioned loans were made:-
Air Cushions | 115 |
Air beds | 1 |
Bed Pans | 154 |
Bed Tables | 8 |
Bedsteads | 5 |
Bed Pulley | 5 |
Bed Rests | 97 |
Bed Blocks | 1 |
Bed Cradles | 31 |
Commodes | 105 |
Cotton Sheets (draw) | 28 |
Crutches | 10 |
Dunlopillo Cushions | 3 |
Dunlopillo Mattresses | 4 |
Dunlopillo Bath Pillow | Nil |
Enerusis Machines | 58 |
Feeding Cups | 8 |
Fracture Boards | 7 |
Foot Suction Pump | 2 |
Hydraulic Hoists | 3 |
Mackintosh Sheets | 74 |
North Pads | 19 |
Pifco Massager | Nil |
Sputum Mugs | 1 |
Urinals | 53 |
Walking Aids | 36 |
Walking Machines | Nil |
Walking Sticks | 1 |
Wheel Chairs | 38 |
2,250 Incontinence Pads were sold at 4d. each |