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Enfield 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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LAUNDRY SERVICE FOR INCONTINENT PERSONS
Under 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,
by means of the laundry at the Adult Training Centre.
The service is provided 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 six patients were being provided with this service involving
the handling of approximately 56 articles per week.
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