London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
104
LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT
The Corporation lends equipment and makes a small weekly charge, with exemption for incomes below a certain figure.
1971
| HEALTH DEPT. | BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon | Purley | Selsdon | Shirley | Coulsdon | ||
| Air beds | . | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Air cushion | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Air rings | 64 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Bath mat | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Bath seat | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bed blocks | 57 | 2 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Bed pans | 160 | 50 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| Bed rests | 179 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| Bedsteads | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bed tables | 15 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Commodes | 492 | 80 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| Cradles | 177 | 49 | 29 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Crutches (Pairs) | 28 | 24 | 9 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Diapers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dunlopillo mattresses | 13 | - | - | - | - | |
| Enuresis machines | 201 | - | - | - | ||
| Feeding cups | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| Foam squares and rings | 99 | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| Foot suction pumps | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fracture boards (Sets) | 96 | - | - | - | - | |
| Hydraulic hoists | 31 | - | - | - | ||
| Incontinence pads | 52.165 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kidney bowls | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| Mackintosh sheets | 111 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| North pads | 51 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paddi pads | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paddi rolls | 6,540 | - | - | - | - | |
| Pick-up-stick | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plastic sheet | 36 | - | ||||
| Protective undergarments | 218 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulleys | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ripple beds | 82 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toilet extension | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Urinals | 110 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| Walking aids | 312 | 31 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Walking sticks | 38 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Wheelchairs | 171 | 152 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 24 |