- Catalogue ID: 2025.061.FPC
- Item: Three Counties Hospital 1930’s nurses emergency whistle.
- Description: 3.5 inches tall (9.5cms). Stamping reads: THE METROPOLITAIN, THREE COUNTIES HOSPITAL, J .HUDSON & CO, BARR ST. HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM. These whistles were carried by ward attendants in order to keep patients under control or to call for help if there was an attack or a patient was injured or sick. The whistles were used much like a football referee .The whistles would be attached to the attendants white coat by a chain and button clip.
- Comment: This whistle was issued to Mr Frank Mays in 1938.
- Link: https://www.threecountiesasylum.co.uk/index.php/artefacts/nurses-emergency-whistle-1
