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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 1946

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1946

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NURSING, EXTRA NOURISHMENT AND SHELTERS.
District Nurses visit many patients suffering from Tuberculosis
and being treated at home; 1,114 visits were paid by the nurses
in 1946. A limited provision is made for the supply of extra
nourishment to tuberculous persons, and this usually takes the form
of extra milk; 122 patients received help in this way during the
year. The scheme for the provision of shelters has been continued,
and one shelter is at present in use.
TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES
MADE UNDER MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEMO. 226/T.
The number of applications for allowances under this scheme
considered during the year was 502; of this number 60 were new
cases and 442 were for renewal of grant or alteration of assessment
owing to changed circumstances. The number of applicants who
received allowances was 113.