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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Health education is of the utmost importance in prevention but
such a great deal depends upon family and group environment
and the subject's susceptibility to example.
I am indebted to Drs. A. Grimble and D. Erskine, Physicians i/c
at the Miller and Dreadnought (Seamen's Hospital) Treatment
Centres respectively for the following statistics for 1967 :—
New Cases Treated at Centres Within the Borough
| Treatment Centre | Syphilis | Gonorr-hoea | Other Conditions | TOTALS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Greenwich District Hospital Miller Wing: | 9 | 7 | 116 | 53 | 380 | 179 | 505 | 239 |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital: | 38 | — | 205 | — | 915 | 1 | 1158 | 1 |
New Cases of Residents Treated During 1967 (as given in returns from the undermentioned Centres)
| Treatment Centre | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich District Hospital | ||||
| Miller Wing: | 3 | 47 | 177 | 227 |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital: | 1 | 48 | 204 | 253 |
| St. John's Hospital: | 1 | 8 | 30 | 39 |
| London Hospital: | 1 | 5 | 31 | 37 |
| Middlesex Hospital: | 3 | 6 | 23 | 32 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital: | — | 3 | 17 | 20 |
| King's College Hospital: | — | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital: | — | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| Oldchurch Hospital: | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 125 | 516 | 650 |
Legislation
During the current year no national legislation concerning
infectious disease was enacted.
The total number of Infectious Diseases notified under Section
144 of the Public Health Act, 1936, and associated Regulations was
2,837. Under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952,
there were 56 notifications giving a consolidated total of 2,893 cases
notified during the year. However, three cases were not confirmed
and two were rediagnosed as food poisoning thus giving a corrected
figure of 2,888 compared with 1,689 for the year 1966. This