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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 1929
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1929
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IV. LIGHT TREATMENT.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1929:—
| No. of attendances | 22,060 |
| No. of Examinations | 2,110 |
| No. of New Patients | 498 |
| No. of Discharges | 410 |
| No. of Maternity and Child Welfare Patients under treatment during the year | 403 |
| Total No. of Tuberculous Patients under treatment during the year | 86 |
| Total No. of all other classes under treatment during the year | 451 |
All the patients coming for treatment are recommended by
general practitioners or by medical officers of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres, the Tuberculosis Dispensary or the local
hospitals. Each patient is examined by a member of the medical
staff before and during treatment.
During the year Miss Pearce and Miss Henniker resigned
within a short time of each other, and in July Miss Clarke and
Miss Bowles were appointed as nurses for duty in the Solarium.
A list of the principal diseases treated, together with the
number of new patients for 1929 is given below: —
TUBERCULOSIS.
| Knee | 1 |
| Cervical Glands | 12 |
| Bazin's Disease (Skin) | 3 |
| Hip | 3 |
| Lungs | 4 |
| Lupus | 4 |