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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
West Ham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Provision of Nursing Requisites.
The arrangements for the loan of nursing equipment to domiciliary patients continued
as in previous years, issues in respect of tuberculous cases being made from the Chest Clinic
whilst those for other cases of illness are supplied from the Health Office and the Home
Nurses Headquarters at Liverpool Road. Details of the equipment lent are given in the
following table
Nursing Equipment Loaned during the year 1955.
| Article | Number loaned to | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis Patients | Other Patients | ||
| Air-rings | 4 | 112 | 116 |
| Back-rests | 5 | 95 | 100 |
| Bed cradles | - | 5 | 5 |
| Bed pans | 1 | 136 | 137 |
| Rubber sheets | - | 117 | 117 |
| Urinals | 3 | 59 | 6l |
| Sorbo pillows | - | 8 | 8 |
| Lifting Apparatus | - | 2 | 2 |
| Bed Tables | - | - | - |
| Wheel Chairs | - | 20 | 20 |
| Sputum Pots | 1 | - | 1 |
| TOTAL: | 14 | 554 | 567 |