London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bermondsey 1936

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

(47)
hospitals. Every patient is examined by a member of the medical
staff before and during treatment, and a medical officer is on duty
in the Solarium during eight of the sessions each week.
A list of the principal diseases treated, together with the
number of patients who completed treatment during the year is
given below:—

Table: TUBERCULOSIS.

TUBERCULOSIS.

Glandular4
Peritonitis1
Sacro Iliac Joint1

Table: MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.

Ante-Natal4
Bronchitis25
Cervical Adenitis12
Debility and Malnutrition58
Rickets18
Other conditions3

Table: OTHER DISEASES.

OTHER DISEASES.

Alopecia16
Anæmia2
Acne Vulgaris3
Asthma1
Bronchitis14
Cervical Adenitis3
Chronic Rheumatic conditions46
Debility54
Furunculosis1
Other conditions12

Text

Copy text to clipboard

As in previous years the majority of tuberculous patients had
received institutional treatment prior to ultra violet light treatment.
Good results were obtained in all but two cases of surgical
tuberculosis which completed treatment during the year. Ultra
Violet light has been found invaluable in maintaining the general
condition of these patients and preventing relapses on return
from sanatorium.