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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
Hackney 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The number of follows treated, and the gross cost the council in the were
| Hospital. | No. of Patients Treated. | No. of "Refills" at 10s. 6d. | Gross Cost to Council. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| Brompton Hospital | 3 | 67 | 35 | 3 | 6 |
| City of London Hospital | 44 | 420 | 220 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Thomas' Hospital | 1 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 6 |
| London County Council's Hospitals | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 540 | 283 | 10 | 0 |
"Finsen" Light and Artificial Sunlight Treatment.—The
treatment of lupus by "Finsen" light and of this and other forms
of tuberculosis by artificial sunlight is carried out at the London
Hospital. Treatment by artificial sunlight is also provided at the
City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs.
Financial responsibility for this treatment has been accepted by
the Borough Council for some years past in cases recommended by
the Tuberculosis Officers.
During 1932, however, the London County Council informed
the Metropolitan Borough Councils that, as only two Borough
Councils had incurred expenditure in recent months for the
provision of artificial light treatment, the County Council had
decided to disallow any amounts included in the Borough Councils'
estimates for this purpose, although special consideration would
be given to any particular case on its merits.
This decision was communicated to the authorities of the two
hospitals at which this treatment had been given hitherto to
Hackney residents, and no expenditure has since been incurred for
artificial light treatment.
The following are details of the cases treated by "Finsen" light and artificial sunlight during the year at the expense of the Council:—
| Hospital. | "Finsen" Light. | Artificial Sunlight. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Patients Treated. | No. of exposures. | Cost to Council. | No. of Patients Treated. | No. of exposures. | Cost to Council. | |||||
| f | s. | d | f, | s. | d. | |||||
| City of London Hospital | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| London Hospital | 7 | 126 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Totals | 7 | 126 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 4 | 7 | 0 |