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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
Enfield 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR INCONTINENT PERSONS
Under the provisions of Section 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936, and Section
42 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1956, a free laundry service is provided
for incontinent persons.
The laundry at the Adult Training Centre provides this service for the whole
of the borough.
The service may be utilised on the recommendation of the patient's general
medical practitioner or the home nurse in attendance and a weekly collection and
delivery of laundry is provided.
At the end of the year nine patients were being provided with this service,
involving the handling of approximately 55 articles per week.
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