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154
Equipment Number Loaned
1969 1968
Ealing Aids
Cutlery 35 13
Egg Cups 1 —
Feeding Cups 4 —
Food Guards 6 3
Hoists
Easi-Carri 15 13
Zimmer Patient Lifter 2 2
Lifting Poles, Handles and Chains
Handy Spring Pole 15 —
Lifter-Penryn 18 21
Mattresses
Dunlopillo 30 28
Easi-nurse 2 2
Hair 12 11
P.C.P 9 9
Scales
Premature Baby 7 5
Tables
Cantilever 4 —
Overbed 4 —
Toilet Aids
Raised Toilet Seats 73 41
Toilet Aid (Easi-fit) 19 6
Toilet Aid (Zimmer) 32 23
Toilet Air Rings 6 4
Toilet Seat, Inflatable 2 —
Walking Aids
Elbow Crutches 15 17
Quadruped Aid 8 2
Tripod Aid 38 32
Walking Frames 193 164
Walking Sticks 117 71
Wheelchairs
Indoor 100 52
Outdoor 192 168
Total Issues 3,383 2,821
The Council's scheme of temporary loan of outdoor wheelchairs
is essentially designed to provide a recreational facility for homebound
old people. The period of the loan is restricted to two
months at a time. After this, the applicant's name is placed again
on the waiting list and he/she is eligible to receive a further loan