Bermondsey Health Centre and Solarium Court (London)

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Here the Borough of Bermondsey set up its public health service in the 1920s in defiance of the London County Council and 2 decades ahead of the National Health Service. It specialised in treatment of tuberculosis, including the use of light treatment. TB statistics show that the service was highly successful. These were the days before antibiotics and it is thought that the better care and nutrition which the centre provided to the poor of Bermondsey helped as much as the treatment.

The front of the building is still a health centre, the back part having been sold off as shared-ownership flats in the early 1990s.
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Coordinates:   51°29'35"N   -0°4'28"E
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