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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
Bermondsey 1930
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1930
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IV. LIGHT TREATMENT.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1930 :—
| No. of Attendances | 27,541 |
| No. of Examinations | 3,973 |
| Number of New Patients | 690 |
| Number of Discharges | 854 |
| Number of Maternity and Child Welfare patients under treatment during the year | 478 |
| Number of Tuberculosis Patients under treatment during the year | 124 |
| Number of all other classes under treatment during the year | 571 |
(The Maternity and Child Welfare patients formed 40.75 per
cent. of the total number under treatment and the tuberculosis
patients 10.57 per cent.)
All patients attending for treatment are recommended by
general practitioners or by medical officers of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres, the Tuberculosis Dispensary or Hospitals.
Every patient is examined by a member of the medical staff
before and during treatment and a Medical Officer is on duty in
the Solarium during nine of the sessions each week.
A list of the principal diseases treated, together with the
number of new patients for 1930, is given below :—
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Pulmonary | 24 |
| Glandular | 16 |
| Bones and Joints | 17 |
| Bazin's Disease (Skin) | 3 |
| Lupus | 8 |
| Other forms |