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City of London 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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R eturn relating to all persons who were treated at the T reatment C entre at S t. B artholomew's H ospital during the year ended the 31 st D ecember, 1933.—
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 year 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 | 2 | .... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 14. Chief preparations used in treatment of Syphilis:— | Arsenobenzene Compounds. | Mercury. | Bismuth. | ||||||||||
| Neosalvarsan. Sil. Salvarsan. Neokharsavan. Novarsenobil. | .... | Bis. Oxychloride 5% glucose sol. and Collosal Metal Bismuth 10%. | |||||||||||
| 4,155 | .... | 8,532 | |||||||||||
| 780 | .... | 1,309 | |||||||||||
| 15. Are the tests recommended in Memo. V21 as amended by Memo. V21a followed in deciding as to the discharge of the patient after treatment and observation forsyphilis and gonorrhœa? | Yes. | ||||||||||||
| If not, in what way are they modified? | — | ||||||||||||
| Microscopical | Serum Tests | ||||||||||||
| for Spirochetes. | for Gonococci. | Wassermann. | Others for Syphilis. | for Gonorrhœa. | |||||||||
| 16. Pathological Work:— | |||||||||||||
| (a) Number of specimens examined at and by the medical officer of the treatment centre. | 28 | 1,709 | 1,077 | 1,016 | .... | ||||||||
| (b) Number of specimens from patients attending at the centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | ||||||||
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. | Kent. | Surrey. | Herts. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Number of cases in Items 3 and 4 from each area found to be suffering from:— | |||||||||
| Syphilis | 256 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 257 |
| Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Gonorrhœa | 387 | .... | 1 | 4 | .... | .... | .... | .... | 392 |
| Conditions other than venereal | 355 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 374 |
| Total | 998 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1,023 |
| b. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 30,142 | 49 | 142 | 43 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 30,377 |
| C. Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of all patients residing in each area | 268 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 268 |
| d. Number of doses of arsenobenzene compounds given in the out-patient Clinic and In-patient Department to patients residing in each area | 4,136 | 19 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4,155 |
Jan., 1934. (Signed) KENNETH M. WALKER,
Medical Officer of the Treatment Centre.