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interliners were issued for use in special protective pants provided
by the Council. Protective pants and interliners are of particular
value for ambulant patients, including subnormal and handicapped
children. Most households make their own arrangements for
disposal of incontinence pads and interliners, but in some cases
it is necessary to arrange collection and disposal by incineration.
Home dialysis
The programme of home dialysis conversions continued during
1972, when requests for help were received on eight occasions,
the majority emanating from Fulham Hospital as in the previous
year. Good working relations were maintained with all the
hospitals concerned.
During the year two patients on home dialysis received
kidney transplants, one of whom sadly died.
The prolonged period during which there were power cuts due
to industrial disputes caused serious concern for the welfare of
home dialysis patients, some of whom might have been on dialysis
when the power was cut. However, thanks to good liaison with
the Electricity Boards, this problem was overcome by patients
being taken into the hospitals' own dialysis units where necessary.
The table below gives details of the cases dealt with in 1972.

In addition to the cases shown above, one other patient was
referred in 1972, but the adaptations to his premises were not
completed as the patient received a kidney transplant.