Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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VENEREAL DISEASES New cases reported during 1972, summarised from the returns made by the physicians in charge of treatment centres at which residents of the borough were treated
| Situation of Clinic | Total of all venereal conditions | SYPHILIS | GONORRHOEA | Other venereal conditions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary and Secondary | Other | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | |
| Central Middlesex Hospital | 29 | 33 | 26 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 20 | |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital | 6 | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | .- | - | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| The London Hospital | 132 | 130 | 144 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 20 | 19 | 21 | 110 | 110 | 123 | |
| Middlesex Hospital | 1783 | 2008 | 1234 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 243 | 261 | 219 | 1524 | 1729 | 1000 |
| Moorfields Eye Hospital | 5 | 10 | * | - | - | * | - | - | * | - | - | * | 5 | 10 | |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 177 | 194 | 200 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 23 | 24 | 29 | 153 | 170 | 166 |
| St. George's Hospital | 2148† | 1926t | * | 12† | 4† | * | 8† | 24† | * | 276† | 243† | * | 1852† | 1655† | * |
| St. Mary's Hospital | 4389 | 3853 | 3264 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 856 | 797 | 808 | 3494 | 3005 | 2378 |
| St. Thomas Hospital | 634 | 746 | 577 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 103 | 100 | 539 | 637 | 474 |
| University College Hospital | 325 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 46 | - | - | 276 | - | - |
| West London Hospital | 4022 | 4015 | 4613 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 684 | 780 | 1057 | 3290 | 3203 | 3512 |
| Westminster Hospital | 820 | 667 | 344 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | 82 | 93 | 52 | 730 | 568 | 290 |
| TOTALS | 14470 | 13588 | 10410 | 93 | 63 | 80 | 56 | 80 | 67 | 2318 | 2330 | 2292 | 12003 | 11115 | 7971 |
† Approximate figures
* Figures not available