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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
Southwark 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Loan of Equipment
Patients being nursed at home were able to obtain nursing equipment on
loan free of charge either from the Council direct or from the British Red Cross
Society acting as an agent for the Council.
The items on issue at 31st December 1970 from the Council's stock were
as follows:-
(The figures in brackets show the number of items on loan at 31.12.69.)
| Items | On loan | |
|---|---|---|
| Air rings | 96 | (55) |
| Back rests | 127 | (45) |
| Bed blocks | 13 | (28) |
| Bed cradles | 88 | (24) |
| Bed side rails | 5 | ( 2) |
| Commodes | 756 | (710) |
| Dunlopillo mattresses | 23 | (24) |
| Easi-carri hoists | 14 | (17) |
| Feeding cups | 19 | ( 6) |
| Fracture boards | 48 | (38) |
| Hospital beds | 19 | (24) |
| Penryn hoists | 45 | (59) |
| Quadruped walking aids | 3 | ( 4) |
| Ripple beds | 7 | ( 4) |
| Rubber bed pans | 97 | (35) |
| Rubber toilet seats | 17 | ( 2) |
| Tripod walking aids | 12 | ( 7) |
| Urinal bottles | 75 | (32) |
| Zimmer hoist | 1 | ( 1) |
| Zimmer walking frames | 100 | (55) |
Fireguards were also supplied to families in need with children under
12 years of age and to necessitous elderly persons. At the end of the year
there were 633 (573) on loan.
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