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City of London 1934

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE31st DECEMBER, 1934.

RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE

31st DECEMBER, 1934.

Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhoea.Conditions other than venereal.Totals.
m.f.m.F.m.f.m.f.m.f.Totals.
1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation334177......17724132524203727
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 infection410......40.........441054
3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from:—
Syphilis, primary192..................19221
„ secondary4034..................403474
latent in 1st year of infection.................................
„ all later stages8218..................8218100
congenital119..................11920
Soft Chancre......4...............4...4
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection............20533......20533238
later............68.........68...68
Conditions other than venereal..................376100376100476
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 infection6.........111......17118
Total of Items 1, 2, 3 and 44962504...501583891021,3904101,800
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure (see Item 15)1513...117738992524100624
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from :—
Syphilis, primary112..................11213
„ secondary2914..................291443
„ latent in 1st year of infection266..................26632
„ all later stages238..................23831
,, congenital318..................31821
Soft Chancre....................................
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection............10510......10510115
„ later............39.........39...39
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure (see Item 15)826......4412......523890
8. Number of cases transferred to other centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners:—223......2210......441357
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December3591721...17419...10534201735
Totals of Items 5 6, 7, 8 and 9 (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.)496250......501583891021,3904101,800
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course of treatment:—
Syphilis, primary...2..................426
„ secondary103..................10313
„ latent in 1st year of infection128..................12820
,, all later stages4.....................4...4
„ congenital...7.....................77
11. Number of attendances:—
(a) for individual attention of the medical officers13,8966,55820...4,18797864443918,7477,97526,722
(6) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing............4,989419......4,9894195,408
Total Attendances13,8966,55820...9,1761,39764443623,7368,39432.130
12. In-patients :—
(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year...2......3.........325
(6) Aggregate number of "inpatient days" of treatment given...99......158.........99158257