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The number of new patients treated during the
twelve months was 528. Of these 247 suffered from
Syphilis, 219 from Gonorrhoea, 48 from both Syphilis
and Gonorrhoea, and 14 from conditions other than
venereal.
Of this total 398 patients were normally resident
in London, and 206 of these suffered from Syphilis;
33 were resident in Essex, 14 suffered from Syphilis;
5 in Herts, with no cases of Syphilis; 9 in
Middlesex, of which 4 were cases of Syphilis;
19 in Surrey with 12 cases of Syphilis; 18 in Kent
with 7 cases of Syphilis; 3 patients each came from
Berks and Bucks, and 1 case each from Sussex and
Northamptonshire.
Total attendances of patients numbered 8,353. The
number of in-patients' days of all patients was 785.
In the out-patients' Clinic 1,368 doses of Salvarsan
or its substitutes were administered, and in the
in-patient department 38 doses. 396 examinations
were made for the detection of Spirochetes, and 35
for the detection of Gonococci.
Amongst the old patients under treatment two
came from Dorsetshire and one from Cardiff.
There were under treatment on the 1st January,
1918, 210 males and 86 females. Of the 247 patients
suffering from Syphilis who came under treatment