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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 1941
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1941
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IV.—LIGHT TREATMENT,
ELECTRO-THERAPY
AND MASSAGE.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during
1941. No diathermy treatments were given until May.
Total Number of Attendances 10,467
Number of Treatments 21,108
Massage 2,842
Physical Exercises 366
Medical Electricity 1,366
Diathermy 1,170
Q-Ray Pad 784
Mechanical Vibratory Massage 21
Peat Baths 7
Local Treatments —
Radiant Heat and Ultra Violet Light 4,115
Number of Medical Examinations 690
Number of New Cases 344