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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 1947

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947

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

Table: The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1947:-

The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1947:-

Total Number of Attendances15,139
Number of Medical Examinations2,228
Number of New Cases675
Number of Discharges633
Treatments :—
Massage4,605
Physical Exercises2,804
Diathermy3,575
Medical Electricity5,395
Radiant Heat5,339
Local Ultra Violet Light1,649
General Ultra Violet Light6,495
Orthopædic Treatments103
Special Treatments317
Total Number of Treatments30,287