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(b) Loan of Nursing Equipment.
During the year an arrangement was made for the Middlesex
branch of the British Red Cross Society to operate a scheme for
the loan of nursing equipment on behalf of the County Council
The scheme came into force on the 1st November 1951 and nursing
equipment required for patients is now obtainable from the depots in
Hornsey and Tottenham.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE
(SECTION 29)
This service is growing rapidly and is primarily to provide
domestic help for maternity cases, when the mother has her baby at
home, and to patients suffering from tuberculosis. In the latter
case many women are ordered complete, or partial, "bed rest" for
six or twelve months. Where there are children to care for, and
a house to clean and meals to cook, the domestic help provides a
vital service.
In addition to the needs of the aged sick other urgent requests
have to be met as far as possible.
Patients are assessed to pay for the service according to their
financial circumstances and in many cases no charge is made,
The demand for home helps is constant and many people would
like to have more help than they are given but a constant watch
must be kept so that everyone, after the priority cases, gets a fair
share of the available pool of workers.