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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
London County Council 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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ANNEX A
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE
EQUIPMENT CARRIED BY ACCIDENT AMBULANCES
Beds, rubber (2) Hot-water bottle, rubber (1)
Bed-pan, plastic (1) Hot-water bottle cover (1)
Bed-pan cover (1) Manifold harness (1)
Blanket, cot, in canvas envelope (I) Mask, Schimmelbusch (1)
Blankets, red (6) Oxygen apparatus (1)
Bowls, kidney, small (2) Pillows, rubber (2)
Bowl, kidney, large (1) Resuscitator, bellows (1)
Bowl, round (1) Rope, 40 foot length (1)
Bowl, vomit (1) Rubber sheet, 8 ft. (1)
Burns sheet (1) Satchel, first aid (1)
Carrying chair (1) Splints, inflatable (2)
Carrying sheet (1) Splints, set of 16 (1)
Deodorant spray (1) Splint, back leg, 18 in. (1)
Dressings case (1) Stretcher canvases (6)
Drinking-water bottle (1) Stretcher poles, duralumin, pairs (2)
Drugs case (1) Stretchers, rigid (2)
Feeding cup (1) Stretcher, Neil Robertson (1)
Fracture board (1) Surgical instruments, set (1)
Gloves, rubber, electrician's, pair (1) Tissues, paper, in box (1)
Guide lines, 12 yd. lengths (2) Towelling square for use with cot blanket (1)
Hacksaw (1) Traverse irons, pairs (2)
Hacksaw blades (6)
Additional equipment
Clip-board, phonetic alphabet (1) Lamp, electric, Hunter pattern (1)
Coats, crew's protective (2) Lamp, electric, Pifco, red (1)
Jemmy (1) Pliers, pair (1)
Key, housing-estate barrier (1) Screwdriver (1)
Key, station (1) Spanner, adjustable (1)
Key-ring and plastic ball (1) Wheel chock (1)
Contents of Drugs case
Cetrimide, 4 oz. bottle (1) Olive oil, 4 oz. bottle (1)
Epsom salts, saturated solution, 4 oz. bottle (1) Sal volatile, 4 oz. bottle (1)
Labels, casualty (6) Skin pencils (2)
Magnesium oxide, 2 oz. bottle fl) Teaspoon (1)
Measure, 4 oz. (1) Vaseline, tube (.1)
Measure, 2 oz. (1) Vinegar, 4 oz. bottle (1)
Mustard, 2 oz. bottle (1)
and the following items TO BE USED ONLY BY A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
*Adrenalin tartrate ampoules (6) Surgical needles and sutures, sterile, in tubes (3)
Amyl nitrite ampoules (12) Syphon, stomach (1)
Chloroform, 2 oz. bottle (1) Syringe, hypodermic, sterile, with three needles,
tMorphine (Omnopon) in ampoule-syringes (6) including one 3i in. (1)
*Nikethamide (coromine) ampoules (6)
* For hypodermic injection.
† Carried in special locked cupboard containing also six casualty labels and one skin pencil.
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