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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 1968
[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 1968
| Health Dept. | British Red Cross Society | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central (A) | Purley (A) | Coulsdon (B) | Selsdon (B) | Shirley (B) | ||
| Air Rings | 86 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Bed Blocks | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Bed pans | 118 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Bed rests | 113 | 40 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Bedsteads | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bed tables | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Commodes | 207 | 73 | 28 | - | 4 | 8 |
| Cradles | 91 | 31 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| Crutches | 10 | 16 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| Diapers | 210 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Douche cans | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Dunlopillo Mattresses | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enuresis Machines | 94 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feeding cups | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Foam squares | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Foot suction pumps | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fracture boards | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Hydraulic Hoists | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Incontinence pads | 370,38 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inhalers | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Kidney bowls | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mackintosh sheets | 70 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| North pads | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paddi pads | 238 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paddi rolls | 1,882 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pick-up-stick | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Plastic sheets | 21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Protective Under-garments | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulleys | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hippie beds | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toilet rail | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Toilet seat | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Urinals | 57 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Walking aids | 96 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Walking sticks | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Wheelchairs | 70 | 113 | 17 | 8 | - | 8 |