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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

Deptford 1927

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1927.

SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1927.

MonthNew PatientsPatients ReadmittedPatients DischargedTotal on RegisterAttendanceLamp used
HoursMins.
January17424553784135
February2256764854432
March1911779623415
April30–3376755515
May21–2869764550
June7117604472510
July2122657218120
September13212604703325
October18316655223325
November21318715063345
December34434757274320
Total22363211755,89542422

Table: Classification of Patients on Treatment during the year 1927.

Classification of Patients on Treatment during the year 1927.

Rickets53Bronchitis7
Malnutrition51Arthritis2
Anæmia62Tubercular Glands1
Cervical Adenitis3Delayed Mental Development2
Muscular Weakness45
Delayed Dentition32Eczema2
Chronic Cough2Bronchial Catarrh11
Debility9Mastoid1
Anorexia3
Total286

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The popularity of the Sunlight Centre is rapidly increasing, and
many mothers come to the Infant Welfare Centres with a request
that their children may be allowed to have the treatment because the
children of relatives and friends have gained so much benefit from it.
It is to be noted that certain types of cases improve much more
than others and that "malnutrition," due to improper feeding and
dyspepsia, does not necessarily vanish even under ultra-violet ray
treatment. Much can be done in such cases to help the mothers to