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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The Corporation lends equipment and makes a small weekly charge, with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.
| Health Dept. | British Red Cross Society | |
|---|---|---|
| Air cushion | - | 3 |
| Air Rings | 77 | 34 |
| Bed Blocks | 32 | 6 pairs |
| Bed Pans | 138 | 49 |
| Bed Rests | 124 | 43 |
| Bedsteads | 17 | - |
| Bed Tables | 6 | 1 |
| Child's Chair (Wheel) | - | 4 |
| Commodes | 318 | 90 |
| Cradles | 138 | 41 |
| Crutches (Pairs) | 18 | 6 |
| Diapers | 62 | - |
| Dunlopillo Mattresses | 10 | - |
| Enuresis Machines | 120 | - |
| Feeding Cups | 13 | 4 |
| Foam Squares and Rings | 65 | 4 |
| Foot suction pumps | 4 | - |
| Fracture boards (Sets) | 36 | - |
| Hydraulic Hoists | 21 | 1 |
| Incontinence pads | 41,725 | - |
| Kidney bowls | 1 | - |
| Mackintosh sheets | 83 | 9 |
| North pads | 17 | - |
| Paddi pads | 63 | - |
| Paddi rolls | 4,237 | - |
| Pick-up-stick | - | 4 |
| Plastic sheets | 27 | - |
| Protective Under-garments | 140 | - |
| Pulleys | 26 | - |
| Ripple beds | 42 | - |
| Toilet extension | - | 2 |
| Urinals | 73 | 10 |
| Walking aids | 214 | 39 |
| Walking Sticks | 14 | 37 |
| Wheelchairs | 123 | 157 |