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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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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:-
| Air Cushions | 120 |
| Air Beds | 5 |
| Bed Pans | 171 |
| Bed Tables | 6 |
| Bedsteads | 5 |
| Bed Pulley | 3 |
| Bed Rests | 111 |
| Bed Blocks | 2 |
| Bed Cradles | 34 |
| Commodes | 101 |
| Cotton Sheets (draw) | 33 |
| Crutches | 6 |
| Dunlopillo Cushions | 1 |
| Dunlopillo Mattresses | 3 |
| Dunlopillo Bath Pillow | Nil |
| Enuresis Machines | 75 |
| Feeding Cups | 11 |
| Fracture Boards | 3 |
| Foot Suction Pump | 1 |
| Hydraulic Hoists | 3 |
| Mackintosh Sheets | 120 |
| North Pads | 4 |
| Pifco Massager | Nil |
| Sputum Mugs | Nil |
| Urinals | 36 |
| Walking Aids | 41 |
| Walking Machines | 1 |
| Walking Sticks | Nil |
| Wheel Chairs | 45 |