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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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VII.—CONSULTATION AND OTHER
CLINICS.
X-RAY DEPARTMENT.
The number of patients examined in this Department was
much smaller than in 1939. This was mainly due to the reduction
in the population since September.
Total number of Attendances 1,263
Number of Individual Cases 1,096
Number of New Cases 843
Number of Screenings 1,037
Number of Films 1,653
Analysis of Films :—
Chests 790
Bones 148
Barium Meals 72
Barium Enemas 9
Hearts 50
Kidneys 8
Abdomens 12
Gall Bladders 2
Sinus 1
Oesophagus 1
Urinary Tract 3