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West Ham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Venereal Diseases (L.C.C. Scheme).

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1931.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
New Patients:—
Syphilis3,1584121681669258194973244,2193114,530
Soft Chancre235521533312128850338
Gonorrhoea7,05288144630115011051104195289,3186559,973
Not venereal7,8601,07947346823786421122368610,67942711,106
Total18,3052,3771,10894048225711226851613924,5041,44325,947
Total attendances736,31162,04437,87926,2619,4096,8242,3268,23421,1542,384912,82617,522930,348
No. of in-patient days32,9403,6182,0622,0121,60293727656971238045,10811,43356,541
Salvarsan Subs. doses45,5355,5653,9332,0081,2307442849601,98026062,4991,85664,355
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes1,5281231363018141337351,961642,025
Gonococci64,6825,1205,4162,6681,4568382221,0502,80837284,6322,11386,745
Wassermann30,2342,8881,9011,55865742019428278123639,1511,29940,450
Others22,3138723,2111,011575171958891,54321630,89697631,872
Total118,7579,00310,6645,2672,7061,4435122,2545,205829156,6404,452161,092
For Practitioners
Spirochaetes881...•••..................89...89
Gonococci4,3291301872512253174425797,57687,584
Wassermann17,67077472788489545234532620,61537420,989
Others5,33897545395334193032936,784526,836
Total27,4251,0021,4591,5301441487868123,19835,06443435,498