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HOME NURSING
The Lambeth District Nursing Joint Committee continued to provide, on behalf
of the Council, a home nursing service throughout the borough, for which it receives
an appropriate grant from the Council. In addition, service is given in a small area
in the north of the borough by the Catholic Nursing Institute. During the year the
two bodies provided service to 4,722 patients of which 3,712 were newly referred
and the nurses made a total of 146,433 visits.
LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT AND FIREGUARDS
Articles of nursing equipment are loaned free of charge to persons being
nursed in their own houses. Smaller articles are loaned by the District Nursing
Association, or through the medical loan depots of the Lambeth Division of the
British Red Cross Society, to whom the Council makes a grant for this purpose.
During the year, the following articles of equipment were loaned through the
Health Department:-
Articles Delivered Returned
Armchair Commodes 202 132
Stool Commodes 139 84
Easicarri Hoist 1 1
Extra sling for hoist 1 -
Bed Cradles 6 4
Fracture Planks 40 5
Zimmer Walking Aids 4 2
Mattresses — Dunlopillo 2 2
Mattresses with covers 2 1
Plastic covers for Mattresses 2 -
Homecraft Walking Frame 7 2
Tripod Walking Aid - 1
Restwell Back Rest 9 5
Adult Cot Bed 1 -
Hospital Bed - 1
Zimmer Heavy Duty Lifter
with attachments 1
Hire Ripple Bed from
7/8/67 to 24/9/67
1
Returned to
Talley Surgical Co.
Twenty-one fire guards were lent to necessitous families with children under
12 years of age, or to necessitous old, handicapped or blind persons. Eight were
returned.