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City of London 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treatment Centre at St Bartholomew's Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1931.—
| Under I year. | 1 and under 6 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 years and over. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| 13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | .... | 5 | .... | 3 | .... | 8 | 2 | .... | 2 | 16 | |||||
| Arsenobenzene Compounds. | Mercury. | Bismuth. | |||||||||||||
| 14. Chief preparations used in treatment of Syphilis:— | |||||||||||||||
| Neosalvarsan. Sil. Salvarsan. Neokharsavan.Novarsenobillon. Solganal. Stabilarsan. | .... | .... | |||||||||||||
| (6) Total number of injections given (out-patients and in-patients) | 4,175 | .... | 6,860 | ||||||||||||
| (c) Number of injections included in (b) given to patients who on first attendance at this Centre were suffering from primary and secondary syphilis | 98 | .... | .... | ||||||||||||
| 15. Are the tests recommended in Memo. V31 as amended by Memo. V21a followed in deciding as to the discharge of the patient after treatment and observation forsyphilis and gonorrhoea? | Yes. | ||||||||||||||
| If not, in what way are they modified ? | — | ||||||||||||||
| 16. Pathological Work:— | Microscopical | Serum Tests | |||||||||||||
| for Spirochetes. | for Gonococci. | Wassermann. | Others for Syphilis. | for Gonorrhoea. | |||||||||||
| 52 | 1,089 | W.R. 1187 ForSt. Bart's W.R. 2387 L.C.C. W.R. 120 C.S.F. 88 | Sigma 1157 2387 For St. Bart's 88 | ||||||||||||
| Statement Showing the Services rendered at the Treatment Centre during the year, classified according to the areas in which the patients resided. | |||||||||||||||
| * Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | London. | Essex. | Surrey. | Herts. | Kent. | Middx. | Sussex. | Totals. | |||||||
| A. Number of cases in Item 3 from each | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 305 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | 317 | ||||||
| Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||||||
| Gonorrhoea | 312 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .... | 349 | ||||||
| Conditions other than venereal | 359 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .... | .... | 392 | ||||||
| Total | 976 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .... | 1,058 | ||||||
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 25,587 | 399 | 147 | 111 | 70 | 30 | 34 | .... | 26,378 | ||||||
| C. Aggregate number of " In-patient days " of all patients residing in each area | 607 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 607 | ||||||
| d. Number of doses of arsenobenzene compounds given in the out-patient Clinic and In-patient Department to patients residing in each area | 4,100 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 13 | .... | .... | .... | 4,175 | ||||||
25/1/32. (Signed) KENNETH M. WALKER,
Medical Officer of the Treatment Centre.