London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lewisham 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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VENEREAL DISEASE NUMBER OF NEW CASES IN THE YEAR
| Treatment Centre | Totals All Conditions | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | |
| Middlesex Hospital | 184 | 147 | 87 | 93 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 167 | 132 | 72 | 79 | 59 | |
| Greenwich District Hospital | 604 | 534 | 488 | 423 | 397 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 143 | 165 | 159 | 129 | 101 | 444 | 361 | 317 | 291 | 289 |
| London Hospital | 124 ; | 182 | 120 | 118 | 122 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 105 | 139 | 91 | 89 | 85 |
| St Thomas's Hospital | 268 | 213 | 178 | 160 | 84 | 2 | -- | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 231 | 176 | 142 | 127 | 70 | |
| St John's Hospital | 710 | 856 | 754 | 560 | 591 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 113 | 154 | 153 | 102 | 119 | 590 | 689 | 590 | 454 | 463 |
| Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital | 309 | 314 | 225 | 220 | 177 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 81 | 53 | 73 | 40 | 231 | 228 | 169 | 144 | 135 |
| St Giles' s Hospital | 322 | 329 | 229 | 219 | 166 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 72 | 91 | 54 | 40 | 34 | 249 | 235 | 172 | 175 | 131 | |
| TOTALS | 2,521 | 2,575 2,081 | 1,793 | 1,616 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 466 | 580 | 493 | 411 | 361 | 2017 | 1,960 | 1,553 | 1,359 | 1,232 | |