A History of Protecting Healthcare Professionals Rothband started life in the Manchester home of “W.S” himself manufacturing small makeup/sponge bags from waterproof cloth.Rubber sheeting, (“WSRM” trademark) for bed protection, was the mainstay of the business by the turn of the century and continued to be a major line, selling all over the world and to hospitals in the UK until the 1950s. Around 1910 a relative working in the rainwear i