London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1948

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1948

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NURSING, EXTRA NOURISHMENT AND SHELTERS.
During the period Ist January to 4th July, 1948, the District
Nurses paid 998 visits to patients suffering from Tuberculosis and
being treated at home; extra nourishment in the form of milk was
supplied to 62 patients, and one shelter was in use.
TUBERCULOSIS ALLOWANCES
MADE UNDER MINISTRY OF HEALTH MEMO. 226/ T.
The number of applications for allowances under this scheme
considered during the period Ist January to 4th July, 1948, was 264;
of this number 31 were new cases and 233 were for renewal of grant
or alteration of assessment owing to changed circumstances. The
number of applicants who received allowances was 79.