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City of London 1920

Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1920

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT 20, GOLDEN LANE, DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1920.

RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT 20, GOLDEN LANE, DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1920.

Syphilis.Soft ChancreGonorrhœa.Conditions other than Venereal.Total.
Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females
1. § Number of persons who, on the 1st January, 1920, were under treatment or observation for:— (See notes on p. 25.)3671453...5261683711933324
2. Number of persons dealt with during the year at or in connection with the out-patient Clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from:—
Syphilis298129..................298129
Soft chancre only..............................
Gonorrhœa............469119......469119
§Syphilis and soft chancre..............................
§Syphilis and gonorrhœa2219......2219......4438
§Gonorrhœa and soft chancre..............................
§Syphilis, soft chancre and gonorrhœa..............................
Conditions other than venereal..................326326
Total—Item 2298129......469119326799254
Total—*Items 1 and 26652743.••99528769171,732578
3. § Number of persons who ceased to attend the out-patient Clinic
(a) before completing a course of treatment for9120......32387......414107
(b) after completion of a course of treatment, but before final tests as to cure of (See notes on p. 25).9529..................9529
4. †Number of persons transferred to other Treatment Centres after treatment for (See notes on p. 25.)2610......2515......5125
5. §Number of persons discharged from the out-patient Clinic after completion of treatment and observation for:— (See notes on p. 25.)4817......18648......23465
6. §Number of persons who, on the 1st January, 1921, were under treatment or observation for:—4051983...4611376917938352
Total*—Items 3, 4, 5 and 66652743...99528769171,732578
7. §§Total attendances of all persons at the out-patient Clinic who were suffering from:—6,5563,864......8,8822,349326154706,219
8. Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of treatment given to persons who were suffering from:—4815......32030...336848
For detection ofFor Wassermann Reaction.
Spirochetes.Gonococci.Other Organisms.
9. Examinations of Pathological material:—
(a) Specimens which were examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre762,645C.S.F. 11,592=4,317
C.F.T. 3
(b) Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an approved laboratory...51C.S.F. 51,580=1,688 =6,005
C.F.T. 1

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§ The number of persons suffering from two or more venereal diseases should be entered under the heading of each disease in the vertical column.
* The total of Items 1 and 2 should agree with the total of Items 3, 4,5 and 6, so far as Syphilis, Soft Chancre and Gonorrhœa are concerned.
† These persons should not be included in Items 3 (a) or 3 (6).
§§ These figures should include all attendances made by patient?, including those made for irrigation, local applications, &c., under general medical
supervision, during the intervals between the days on which the ordinary out-patient Clinics are held.