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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 1945

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1945

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

Table: The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1945:—

The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1945:—

Total Number of Attendances13,025
Number of Medical Examinations1,504
Number of New Cases560
Number of Discharges458
Referred for X-Ray66
Treatments:—
Massage4,191
Physical Exercises1,909
Diathermy1,982
Medical Electricity4,569
Radiant Heat5,415
Local Ultra Violet Light1,798
General Ultra Violet Light5,669
Special Treatments353
Total Number of Treatments25,886