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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 1928

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1928

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A list of the principal diseases treated, with the number of
new cases for 1928 is given below: —

Table: TUBERCULOSIS.

TUBERCULOSIS.

Spine3
Knee1
Sternum2
Cervical Glands6
Abdominal Glands2
Bazin's Disease (Skin)2
Hip3
Wrist1
Lungs2
Bronchial Glands2
Lupus4
Dactocystitis1

Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CASES.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CASES.

Ante-natal13
Rickets92
Genu Valgum2
Post-natal4
Marasmus, Debility, Malnutrition, etc.167

Table: OTHER DISEASES.

OTHER DISEASES.

Chronic Rheumatoid conditions54
Alopecia17
Abdominal Fistula (post operative)1
Furunculosis3
Cervical Adenitis (non-tuberculous)15
Emphysema4
Psoriasis6
Eczema2
Keloid Scar1
Fibroid Lung and unresolved pneumonia2
Acne2
Asthma5
Bronchitis (including chronic)65
Bronchiectasis2
Malnutrition, Debility, Anaemia, etc.125
Encephalitis Lethargica6
Urinary Fistula (post operative)1
Dermatitis1
Anterior Poliomyelitis (old)3
Chronic Onychia1
Varicose Ulcers5