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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, 1933.
Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhœa. | Conditions other than venereal. | Totals. | |||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | f. | |Totals. | |
1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation | 334 | 174 | .... | .... | 155 | 13 | .... | .... | 489 | 187 | 676 |
2. Number of cases removed from the register during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection | 28 | 4 | .... | .... | 24 | .... | .... | .... | 52 | 4 | 56 |
3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 25 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 25 | 3 | 28 |
„ secondary | 43 | 26 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 43 | 26 | 69 |
,, latent in 1st year of infection | 49 | 26 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 49 | 26 | 75 |
„ all later stages | 51 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 51 | 3 | 54 |
,, congenital | 11 | 10 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 11 | 10 | 21 |
Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Gonorrhœa, 1st year of infection | .... | .... | .... | .... | 263 | 41 | .... | .... | 263 | 41 | 304 |
later | .... | .... | .... | .... | 67 | 1 | .... | .... | 67 | 1 | 68 |
Conditions other than venereal | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 309 | 65 | 309 | 65 | 374 |
4. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment at other Centres for the same infection | 7 | 3 | .... | .... | 20 | .... | .... | .... | 27 | 3 | 30 |
Total of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 548 | 249 | .... | .... | 529 | 55 | 309 | 65 | 1,386 | 369 | 1,755 |
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure (see Item 15) | 23 | 4 | .... | .... | 123 | 23 | 296 | 63 | 442 | 90 | 532 |
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 24 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 24 | .... | 24 |
„ secondary | 22 | 16 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 22 | 16 | 38 |
„ latent in 1st year of infection | 33 | 20 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 33 | 20 | 53 |
„ all later stages | 18 | 10 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 18 | 10 | 28 |
,, congenital | 1 | 4 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Gonorrhœa, 1st year of infection | .... | .... | .... | .... | 74 | 6 | .... | .... | 74 | 6 | 80 |
„ later | .... | .... | .... | .... | 32 | .... | .... | .... | 32 | .... | 32 |
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure (see Item 15) | 91 | 10 | .... | .... | 113 | .... | .... | .... | 204 | 10 | 214 |
8. Number of cases transferred to other centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners:— | 2 | 8 | .... | .... | 10 | 2 | .... | .... | 12 | 10 | 22 |
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December | 334 | 177 | .... | .... | 177 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 524 | 203 | 727 |
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.) | 548 | 249 | .... | .... | 529 | 55 | 309 | 65 | 1,386 | 369 | 1,755 |
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course of treatment:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 12 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 12 | .... | 12 |
„ secondary | 11 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 11 | 3 | 14 |
,, latent in 1st year of infection | 14 | 9 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 14 | 9 | 23 |
,, all later stages | 10 | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 10 | 3 | 13 |
„ congenital | .... | 3 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 3 | 3 |
11. Number of attendances:— | 1 | ||||||||||
(a) for individual attention of the medical officers | 14,301 | 6,025 | .... | .... | 3,267 | 828 | 420 | 70 | 17,988 | 6,923 | 24,911 |
(b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5,080 | 386 | .... | .... | 5,080 | 386 | 5,466 |
Total Attendances | 14,301 | 6,025 | .... | .... | 8,347 | 1,214 | 420 | 70 | 23,068 | 7,309 | 30,377 |
12. In-patients:— | |||||||||||
(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4 | 2 | .... | .... | 4 | 2 | 6 |
(b) Aggregate number of "inpatient days "of treatment given | .... | .... | .... | .... | 167 | 101 | .... | .... | 167 | 101 | 268 |