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41
Bed Pans 51
Chair Commodes 340
Stool Commodes 95
Fire Guards (for fire places and oil
heaters 179
Fracture Boards 170
Hospital Beds with mattresses 21
Urine bottles 27
Hoists (Penryn and Easi-Carri) 48
Walking Aids (Tripods, Quads, Zimmers) 166
Wheelchairs (indoor and outdoor) 211
Ripple Beds with motor 7
Incontinent Pads issues (monthly average) 750 doz.
Visits are made by district nurses and health visitors to ensure that
the equipment continues to be suitable for the patient's need and that there
is still a need existing.
CHIROPODY
Chiropody clinics are held in 8 Health Department establishments and
statistics of attendance at these clinics are set out below. The locations
of the clinics and sessions are as set out earlier in the Report. Most of
the school children were treated for verrucae.
Number of sessions 4,536
Number of cases age 0-4 4
5-14 503
15 -64 472
65 and over 4,400
Total: 5,379
Number of attendances 30,178
In addition to the above, 14 physically handicapped patients were treated.
Domiciliary Chiropdy Service
Since it was decided to expand the chirpody service to include a
domiciliary service in October 1969 there has been a continued increase in
demand for this service.

Three handicapped persons under 65 were visited.