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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
Croydon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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114
LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT
The Corporation loans equipment and makes a small weekly
charge, with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.
During the year the undermentioned loans were made:-
Bed Pans 229
Bed Rests 160
Mackintosh Sheets 189
Feeding Cups 13
Wheel Chairs 40
Commodes 43
Crutches, pairs Nil
Air Cushions 179
Bed Cradles 19
Urinals 74
Air Beds 15
Dunlopillo Mattresses 2
Dunlopillo Cushion 1
Bed Pulley 2
Bed Tables 5
Draw Sheets Cotton 42
Walking Aid 5
Sputum Mugs 3
Enuresis Machines 26
Ryles Tube Nil
Fracture Boards 4
Bedsteads 1
Steam kettles Nil
Walking Machines 4
Bed Blocks 4
Pifco Massager Nil
Foot Suction pump 1