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Hackney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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ORTHOPæDIC, RHEUMATISM AND X-RAY CLINIC.
The British Red Cross Society's Clinic at No. 92, Dalston Lane
is equipped with an X-ray department, an ultra-violet ray department
in which there are two mercury vapour lamps, an exercise room
for medical gymnastics, three treatment rooms equipped with
radiant heat baths and apparatus for all kinds of electrical treatment,
and a diathermy department. The radiant heat baths were
renewed in March, 1935, so that the Clinic is now equipped with
up-to-date apparatus.
The staff of the Clinic are fully qualified sisters under the
direction of Sister K. F. Taylor, C.S.M.M.G., M.E., M.G., M.S.R.,
and they are all members of the Chartered Society of Massage and
Medical Gymnastics.

The following are particulars with regard to the work done at the Clinic during 1935:—

Totals.Hackney Residents.
ChildrenAdults.
0-4 years.5-13 years.
Number of Patients Admitted7342336408
Number of Attendances9,1703644073,857
Number of Treatments given20,5284165378,938
Number of Radiographs taken312192

Included in these figures are attendances made and treatments
given by a masseuse who gives treatments in their homes to patients
who are too ill to attend at the Clinic.
A fee of 4s. per attendance is charged, but only a small proportion
of the patients are able to contribute at this rate and the
majority of the cases are treated at a reduced fee. Many cases are
treated free of charge, especially in the case of children referred to
the Clinic by the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
The Council makes an annual grant of £150 towards the cost
of the treatment given to the poorer inhabitants of the Borough.