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Bermondsey 1936
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936
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IV. LIGHT TREATMENT.
Report by Dr. E.J. O'Keeffe.
Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1936:—
| Number of Attendances and General Treatments | 18,788 |
| Number of Local Treatments | 2,588 |
| Number of Examinations | 1,321 |
| Number of Massage Treatments | 454 |
| Number of New Patients | 367 |
| Number of Discharges | 410 |
| Number of Maternity and Child Welfare Cases under treatment during the year | 276 |
| Number of Tuberculous Patients under treatment during the year | 17 |
| Total Number of other classes under treatment during the year | 432 |
The Maternity and Child Welfare patients formed 38% of the
total number under treatment, and tuberculosis patients 2.34%.
Although the number in every group is lower than that for
1935, owing to the Solarium being closed for a time during rebuilding,
there was an increase in the numbers when compared with
those for a corresponding period of the previous year. The
number of attendances and general treatments, massage treatments
and new cases show an increase of 18.9 per cent., 42.3 per
cent, and 28.5 per cent, respectively.
There has been no change in the apparatus in use during the
year.
The Solarium staff has been increased by the appointment of
Miss Joyce Hopkins and Miss Gladys Warry.
All patients are recommended for treatment by general
practitioners or by medical officers of the Maternity and Child
Welfare centres, the Tuberculosis Dispensary or the local