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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 1933
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1933
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FOOT CLINIC.
There has been no alteration in the arrangements at these
clinics the number of sessions being nine per week and the fee
1/- per treatment.
Particulars of the number of attendances during the year are given hereunder.
| Clinic | Men | Women | Total |
| Bermondsey | 1,136 | 2,584 | 3,720 |
| Rotherhithe | 2,191 | 5,042 | 7,233 |
| Totals | 3,327 | 7,626 | 10,953 |
INSULIN FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS.
Under Section 77 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
the Minister of Health has sanctioned the temporary supply of
insulin for those poorer inhabitants of the borough who are suffering
from Diabetes. Practitioners applying for supplies of insulin
are required:—
(a) To give the name, address, age and sex of the patient.
(b) To supply a quarterly report to the Medical Officer of
Health showing:—
(1) The number of doses of insulin administered.
(2) The results of blood and urine tests.
(3) The progress of the patient.
Though the number of diabetics is small the cost of insulin
is high, and this scheme is a real benefit to them. Five patients
have been supplied during the year, either free or at reduced cost,
according to circumstances.