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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
Greenwich 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Equipment | Number 1969 | Loaned 1970 |
|---|---|---|
| Cutlery | 23 | |
| Egg Cups | 5 | |
| Feeding Cups | 6 | |
| Food Guards | 2 | |
| Easi-Carri | 11 | |
| Zimmer Patient Lifter | — | |
| Handy Spring Pole | 3 | |
| Lifter-Penryn | 19 | |
| Dunlopillo | 27 | |
| Easi-nurse | 4 | |
| Hair | 8 | |
| Mattress Covers | — | 32 |
| P.C.P | 7 | |
| Premature Baby | 5 | |
| Cantilever | 3 | |
| Overbed | 6 | |
| Raised Toilet Seats | 46 | |
| Toilet Aid (Easi-fit) | 4 | |
| Toilet Air Rings | 2 | |
| Toilet Aid (Zimmer) | 38 | |
| Toilet Seat, Inflatable | 3 | |
| Elbow Crutches | 12 | |
| Quadruped Aid | 7 | |
| Tripod Aid | 39 | |
| Walking Aid Trolley | — | 10 |
| Walking Frames | 260 | |
| Walking Sticks | 124 | |
| Indoor | 89 | |
| Outdoor | 183 | |
| Total Issues | 3,441 |
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
as soon as a wheelchair becomes available. Persons who are in
permanent need of an outdoor wheelchair may be provided with
one by the Department of Health and Social Security on the recommendation
of a Hospital Consultant.