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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 1943
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1943
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IV.—LIGHT TREATMENT,
ELECTRO-THERAPY
AND MASSAGE.
The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during
1943.
Total Number of Attendances 16,388
Number of Treatments 26,515
Massage 5,274
Physical Exercises 1,012
Medical Electricity 2,254
Diathermy 2,995
Q-Ray Pad 447
Peat Baths 27
Insufflations 44
Local Treatments —
Radiant Heat 6,723
Ultra Violet Light 2,123
General Ultra Violet Light 5,616
Number of Medical Examinations 1,624
Number of New Cases 578
Number of Discharges 496