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Bermondsey 1928
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1928
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IV. LIGHT TREATMENT.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1928 :—
| Total attendances | 25,644 |
| Total No. of Examinations | 2,723 |
| Total No. of New Patients | 556 |
| Total No. of Discharges | 581 |
| Total No. of Maternity and Child Welfare Patients under treatment during the year | 475 |
| Total No. of tuberculous patients under treatment during the year | 99 |
| Total No. of all other classes under treatment during the year | 441 |
(The Maternity and Child Welfare patients formed 46.8% of
the total number under treatment and the tuberculous
patients 9.7%.)
It will be seen that there has been a further increase in the
work done and this has necessitated a corresponding increase in
the number of examination sessions. Almost all the patients
are recommended for treatment by general practitioners or by
the medical officers of the Maternity and Child Welfare centres,
the tuberculosis dispensary or the local hospitals. Every patient
is seen by a member of the medical staff before treatment is
commenced, and four examination sessions are now held each
week. Two of these are attended by the Tuberculosis Officer,
and one each by Dr. Plimsoll and Dr. Telfer. In addition,
patients who are at work are seen on one evening in the week
by the Tuberculosis Officer.
Although there has been an increase in the number of examination
sessions, the nursing staff remains the same and a great
deal of extra work has fallen upon the two Solarium nurses, Miss
Pearce and Miss Henniker.