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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
Camberwell 1939
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1939
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One patient received FINSEN LIGHT TREATMENT and 16 patients DENTAL
TREATMENT, EXTRA DIET was given to 126 patients and 152 POCKET FLASKS
were supplied.
X-RAY. Every new case or "contact" attending the dispensary during 1939
received X-ray examination.
CARE COMMITTEE. Christmas Seal Sale. The receipts were £267. 5s. 11d.
and payments £106. 17s. 9d. leaving a clear profit of £160. 8s. 2d. which
was spent in providing beds, bedding and other comforts for tuberculous
patients.
HANDICRAFT CLASS. An Exhibition and Sale of Work held at the Town Hall
on December 3rd and 4th produced the sum of £30.