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Dr. Dunlop reports as follows:-
"We dealt with 172 new cases of syphilis in 1967 compared with 203 in 1966, with
1,671 cases of gonorrhoea compared with 1,639 and with 6,486 cases of other conditions
compared with 6,478
This is the first year for which complete figures are available for area of
residence The highest total of new cases (2,951) is that for Tower Hamlets, the next
highest being that for Hackney. The figures for Tower Hamlets include 86 cases of
syphilis of which 21 were primary or secondary. There were 722 cases of gonorrhoea.
The Welfare Officers have given valuable assistance in the work of the clinic by
tracing contacts of infectious disease. Some of the patients suffering from infectious
syphilis who have been brought for treatment by our social workers, were prostitutes.
Treatment in these cases has undoubtedly lessened the incidence of these serious
infections in the borough.
With regard to gonorrhoea, in 1967 1,160 alleged sources of infection were named, of
this number 344 were persuaded to attend and no less than 304 were found to be suffering
from gonorrhoea and were treated.
Table B summarizes the result of contact tracing by our social workers in respect of
gonorrhoea. It will be seen that 10.6% of women alleged to be sources of infection with
gonorrhoea were persuaded to attend in 1964, since then the percentage of 'named' women
persuaded to attend has steadily risen so that in 1967 it had reached 29.7%.
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