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London County Council 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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33
The number of new patients attending the hospitals during the year 1933 was
28,714, of whom 4,710 were suffering from syphilis, 12,104 from gonorrhoea, and 195
from soft chancre, while 11,705 were diagnosed as not suffering from these diseases.

Table: A summary of the work done by the hospitals for each of the areas in the joint scheme during the year 1933 is shown in the following table:—

A summary of the work done by the hospitals for each of the areas in the joint scheme during the year 1933 is shown in the following table:—

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.East Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total."Other places."Grand total.
New Patients—
Syphilis3,2763562051408860234560164,2694414,710
Soft chancre130710—54222116332195
Gonorrhoea8,5461,060630326190134541282564611,37073412,104
Not venereal8,4641,08350448517713051861857111,23646911,705
Total20,4162,5061,34995146032813026150313427,0381,67628,714
Total attendances856,59281,16555,24425584110218,5022,90011228260252,4071080668165461097214
No.of in-patientdays30,8073,2713,3522,0321,9537111811663239442,8909,69152,581
Salvarsan subs.doses46,0846,7103,6152,2201,0018443516341,25517962,8933,11066,003
Pathological Examinations.
For or at centres—
Spirochaetes2,29710910263223011171782,6761162,792
Gonococci86,7018,1617,8544,5511,9041,1026571,3063,140505115,9412,376118,317
Wassermann33,1373,1282,0221,62864752421740575521342,6761,54944,225
Others35,7822,1247,8191,0937133381151,6543,10812952,8751,64354,518
Total157,91713,52217,7977,3353,3461,9941,0003,3827,020855214,1685,684219,852
For Practitioners—
Spirochaetes29122——1———35—35
Gonococci5,90322142441119679423179878,2831118,394
Wassermann16,3111,1171,02691815510413328439720,19349620,689
Others8,5322087643773325325339110,36117010,531
Total30,7751,5472,2161,70838420817956241,77538,87277739,649

Table: The distribution of new cases of venereal disease between the sexes is shown in the following table, the figures for the preceding years being given for comparison:—

The distribution of new cases of venereal disease between the sexes is shown in the following table, the figures for the preceding years being given for comparison:—

Year.New cases.Total venereal cases.
Syphilis.Soft chancre.Gonorrhoea.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
19174,4273,351199113,8301,2078,4564,569
19183,7643,002116134,8441,9408,7244,955
19196,3943,3914631810,4412,44017,2985,849
19206,9883,5797662510,6692,42718,4236,031
19215,0883,100458138,5732,13614,1195,249
19224,2072,600309128,2332,40212,7495,014
19234,4972,63131149,0432,52013,8515,155
19244,1742,45230148,5652,78513,0405,241
19253,5562,346268118,4642,85712,2885,214
19263,7252,01330128,8252,85812,8514,873
19273,8862,20920379,6372,85913,7265,075
19283,4331,83722968,2492,64711,9114,490
19293,3031,62827648,2712,50311,8504,135
19303,3891,836347128,6202,50312,3564,351
19313,0091,521326127,7132,26011,0483,793
19323,2701,671172158,5662,65612,0084,342
19333,0721,638185108,7913,31312,0484,961

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The most notable figure during 1933 was the increase in new cases of female
gonorrhoea presenting themselves for treatment. This is a most encouraging sign,
as in the past one of the greatest difficulties in connection with the scheme has been