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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT
The Corporation lends equipment and makes a small weekly charge, with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.
1967
| Health Dept. | British Red Cross Society | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central (A) | Purley (A) | Coulsdon (B) | Selsdon (B) | Shirley (B) | Norbury (B) | ||
| Air Beds | _ | m | _ | 1 | _ | _ | m |
| Air Rings | 92 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Bed Blocks | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bed pans | 134 | 52 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| Bed Rests | 122 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| Bedsteads | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bed Tables | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | 4 | 1 |
| Bellows | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Commodes | 161 | 84 | 30 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 48 |
| Cradles | 58 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| Crutches | 5 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Dunlopillo Mattresses | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enuresis Machines | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feeding Cups | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Foot suction pumps | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fracture Boards | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hydraulic Hoists | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Incontinence Pads | 35,614 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kidney Bowls | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mackintosh Sheets | 107 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| North Pads | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paddi Pads | 181 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paddi Rolls | 195 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Protective Under-Garmenta | 120 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulleys | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ripple Bods | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urinals | 62 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Walking Aids | 80 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | |
| Walking Sticks | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wheelchairs | 109 | 24 | 15 | - | 8 | 23 | |