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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 1942

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1942

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IV.-LIGHT TREATMENT,
ELECTRO-THERAPY
AND MASSAGE.

Table: The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1942.

The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1942.

Total Number of Attendances13,524
Number of Treatments28,047
Massage4,430
Physical Exercises695
Medical Electricity2,000
Diathermy2,195
Q-Ray Pad1,051
Mechanical Vibratory Massage14
Peat Baths22
Insufflations61
Local Treatments—
Radiant Heat4,791
Ultra Violet Light1,940
General Ultra Violet Light8,723
Number of Medical Examinations1,322
Number of New Cases483
Number of Discharges422