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London County Council 1935

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

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The number of new patients attending the hospitals during the year 1935 was
28,403, of whom 3,930 were suffering from syphilis, 10,952 from gonorrhoea, and 350
from soft chancre, while 13,171 were diagnosed as not suffering from these diseases.

Table: A summary of the work done by the hospitals lor each of the areas in the joint, scheme during the year 1935 is shown in the following table:— Table 47

A summary of the work done by the hospitals lor each of the areas in the joint, scheme during the year 1935 is shown in the following table:—

Table 47

LondonMiddlesexEssexSurreyKentHertsBucksEast HamWest HamCroydonTotal"Other places"Grand total
New patients—
Syphilis2,734340121115773220255293,5254053,930
Soft chancre23571674__29—28070350
Gonorrhoea7,6451,052458341149154521061933610,18676610,952
Not venereal9,2131,34161658827915567961998712,64153013,171
Total19,8272,7401,2111,05150934113922945313226,6321,77128,403
Total attendances863,94894,26664,63528,32012,1559,2063,00815,23129.4982,0061,122,27316,2191,138,492
No. of inipatient days32,8684,5462,6921,2612,20958356211773610245,6769,89055,566
Arsenobenzene doses42,5676,7252,9042,4201,1867062906051,2669358,7622,05160,813
Pathological Examinations.
For or at centres— Spirochaetes2,7348494351255212563,0211243,145
Gonococci106,70113,22511,2215,2122,2151,5898252,6544,105548148,2951,824150,119
Wassermann33,8403,7381,9402,04278352123437569622244,3911,37845,769
Others39,9864,0304,1742,2339094842468411,54825354,7041,66656,370
Total183,26121,07717,4299,5223,9192,5991,3103.8916,3741,029250,4114,992255,403
For practitioners—
Spirochaetes8316—————18—18
Gonococci5,072195888333526474468537,5411047,645
Wassermann14,7931,0061,3931,2911976596381956919,46759420,061
Others7,1862361,282675152110261679910,26636410,630
Total27,0591,4403,5642,30526415018068412,22137,2921,06238,354

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 :— Table 48.

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 :—

Table 48.

YearNew casesTotal venereal cases
SyphilisSoft chancreGonorrhoea
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
19342,6731,50615968,6893,03111,5214,543
19352,5781,352336148,1842,76811,0984,134