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

Table: The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during the period 1st January to 4th July, 1948:—

The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during the period 1st January to 4th July, 1948:—

Total Number of Attendances9,601
Number of Medical Examinations1,335
Number of New Cases400
Number of Discharges442

Table: Treatments:—

Treatments:—

Massage2,246
Physical Exercises1,623
Diathermy1,743
Medical Electricity3,111
Radiant Heat3,380
Local Ultra Violet Light1,014
General Ultra Violet Light3,994
Orthopaedic Treatments52
Special Treatments113
Total Number of Treatments17,276