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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 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
| Ante-natal | 13 |
| Rickets | 75 |
| Marasmus, Debility, Malnutrition, etc. | 39 |
| Bronchitis | 12 |
| Septic Adenitis | 6 |
| Other conditions | 1 |
OTHER DISEASES.
| Acne | 4 |
| Adenitis (non-tuberculous) | 16 |
| Alopecia | 17 |
| Bronchiectasis | 2 |
| Bronchitis (including chronic) | 58 |
| Chronic Rheumatic conditions .. | 94 |
| Eczema and Dermatitis | 5 |
| Emphysema | 7 |
| Fibroid Lung | 5 |
| Malnutrition, Debility, Anæmia, etc. | 207 |
| Miscellaneous conditions | 30 |
| Psoriasis | 8 |
| Varicose Ulcers | 3 |
During the year certain alterations were made in the male
and female treatment rooms, and a considerable addition was
made to the electrical equipment. The latter now comprises
eight Jesionek mercury-vapour lamps, together with eight large
radiant heat lamps, eight Alpine Sun mercury-vapour lamps,
together with eight smaller radiant heat lamps, and one Kromayer
lamp (for local treatment). Two carbon are lamps are also used
for general treatment. A special table was introduced for the
collective treatment of small infants, enabling four to be irradiated
at one time by two Alpine Sun and two small radiant heat lamps.
Cubicles were constructed in both treatment rooms and in each
cubicle treatment is given with combined Alpine Sun and radiant
heat lamps.