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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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HEART CLINIC
Patients, at this Clinic, come by appointment, and are sent by
their own doctors for investigation. During the year 18 sessions were
held; the total number of attendances was 77; the number of new
patients was 37, of which number 17 were found to be suffering from
cardiac disease.
OPHTHALMIC CLINIC
The number of sessions held during the year was 111. There were
715 new patients and the total number of attendances was 1,488.
FOOT CLINIC. Attendances during the year are shown in the following table:—
| Clinic | Men | Women | Total |
| Bermondsey | 1,621 | 5,232 | 6,853 |
| Rotherhithe | 1,457 | 4,124 | 5,581 |
| Totals | 3,078 | 9,356 | 12,434 |