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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Speed of modern travel makes local control of infectious
diseases difficult if not well nigh impossible on occasions, a fact
which serves to emphasise the urgent need for a more vigorously and
internationally applied preventive policy. This is particularly so in
respect of the venereal diseases.
It is 50 years now since the Venereal Disease Service in this
country was established and venereology has begun to emerge from
the furtive and prejudiced period of the late 19th century to an era
of enlightened attitudes where it is attracting due recognition for its
valuable contribution to the nation's wellbeing.
I am indebted to Drs. A. A. M. Reekie and D. Erskine,
Physicians i/c at the Miller and Dreadnought (Seamen's Hospital)
Treatment Centres respectively for the following statistics for 1966:—
New Cases Treated at Centres Within the Borough
| Treatment Centre | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | TOTALS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Greenwich District Hospital Miller Wing: | 5 | 5 | 123 | 57 | 367 | 213 | 495 | 275 |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital: | 37 | - | 166 | - | 898 | - | 1101 | - |
New Cases of Residents Treated During 1966
| Treatment Centre | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich District Hospital Miller Wing: | 6 | 52 | 212 | 270 |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital: | 1 | 28 | 158 | 187 |
| St. John's Hospital: | — | 11 | 22 | 33 |
| London Hospital: | — | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Middlesex Hospital: | 1 | 6 | 39 | 46 |
| TOTALS | 8 | 102 | 447 | 557 |