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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 1934
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
| Ante-natal | 7 |
| Rickets | 41 |
| Marasmus, Debility, Malnutrition, etc. | 72 |
| Bronchitis | 46 |
| Adenitis (non-tuberculous) | 23 |
| Other conditions | 4 |
OTHER DISEASES.
| Adenitis (non-tuberculous) | 18 |
| Alopecia | 15 |
| Asthma | 4 |
| Bronchiectasis | 1 |
| Bronchitis (including chronic) | 39 |
| Chronic Rheumatic conditions | 54 |
| Dermatitis | 1 |
| Emphysema | 2 |
| Fibroid Lung | 5 |
| Malnutrition, Debility, Anaemia, etc. | 123 |
| Miscellaneous conditions | 32 |
| Psoriasis | 1 |
The number of attendances and general treatments shows a
decrease on that of the previous year; but there was a marked
increase in the number of local treatments, which require constant
attendance of one of the staff.
Children formed a high percentage of the total number
treated; and of this group the greater number were treated for
nutritional disorders and debility following acute illness.
Of the adult group of patients treated those suffering from
"rheumatic" affections formed the largest number.
At present light treatment is carried out in a temporary
building which has served its purpose admirably for several years,
but which is now out of date and unsatisfactory in many respects.
It is hoped that work will shortly begin on the building of the
proposed new clinic, in which a light department having up-todate
facilities for light treatment in its varying forms, will form a
unit.