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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 1944

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944

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

Table: The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1944:—

The following table shows the work done in the Solarium during 1944:—

Total Number of Attendances15,366
Number of Medical Examinations1,524
Number of New Cases559
Number of Discharges536
Referred for X-Ray37
Treatments:—
Massage5,782
Physical Exercises1,059
Diathermy3,390
Medical Electricity2,689
Radiant Heat9,159
Ultra Violet Light9,213
Special Treatments493
Total Number of Treatments31,785