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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 1940

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940

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IV. LIGHT TREATMENT,
ELECTRO-THERAPY
AND MASSAGE.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium
during 1940. No diathermy treatments have been given since
September, as Defence Regulations do not permit the use of the
apparatus without adequate screening. This screening is now
completed and the machines will be in use again shortly.
Total Number of Attendances 11,943
Number of Treatments 23,504
Massage 2,104
Physical Exercises 392
Medical Electricity 904
Diathermy 1,557
Q-Ray Pad 230
Mechanical Vibratory Massage 14
Local Treatments —
Radiant Heat and Ultra Violet Light 6,360
Number of Medical Examinations 1,117
Number of New Cases 494