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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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109
LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT
The Corporation loans equipment and makes a small weekly charge,
with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.

Table: During the year the undermentioned loans were made:-

During the year the undermentioned loans were made:-

Air Cushions115
Air beds1
Bed Pans154
Bed Tables8
Bedsteads5
Bed Pulley5
Bed Rests97
Bed Blocks1
Bed Cradles31
Commodes105
Cotton Sheets (draw)28
Crutches10
Dunlopillo Cushions3
Dunlopillo Mattresses4
Dunlopillo Bath PillowNil
Enerusis Machines58
Feeding Cups8
Fracture Boards7
Foot Suction Pump2
Hydraulic Hoists3
Mackintosh Sheets74
North Pads19
Pifco MassagerNil
Sputum Mugs1
Urinals53
Walking Aids36
Walking MachinesNil
Walking Sticks1
Wheel Chairs38
2,250 Incontinence Pads were sold at 4d. each