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concerned but the majority were either not known or had never arrived at the address given.
One immigrant suffering from tuberculosis was admitted on condition that she reported to the
Medical Officer of Health for examination She was not found at the address given and no contact
was made.
VENEREAL DISEASE
The annual return received from the Venereal Disease Clinic at the London Hospital shows
the new cases attending the clinic during the year were as follows:-
Area of Syphilis Gonorrhoea Other Total (1968)
Residence Conditions
Tower Hamlets 72 466 1,931 2,469 (2,768)
Other London Boroughs 129 1,065 4,870 6,064 ( 5,208)
Other Areas 28 162 1,202 1,392 (1,138)
229 1,693 8,003 9,925 (9,114)
Returns received from 8 other hospitals in London of new patients attending their clinics
during the year showed that 206 were residents of Tower Hamlets, comprising 1 syphilis. 36
gonorrhoea and 169 other venereal conditions. .
Two welfare officers appointed by.the Council work from the Whitechapel Clinic under the
direction of Dr. E.M.C. Dunlop, M,D.,F.R.C.P. , Medical Director of the Clinic, for tracing
contacts and following up defaulters.
Dr Dunlop reports as follows:'-
''We dealt with 229 new cases of syphilis in 1969 compared with 228 in 1968,with 1,693
new cases of gonorrhoea compared with 1,600 andwith8,003 cases of other conditions compared
with 7,286 last year.
The highest total for new cases (2,469) was for Tower Hamlets representinga considerable
decrease on the figure for 1968 which was 2,768 The figures for Tower Hamlets included 72
cases of syphilis, compared with 95 for 1968, and 466 cases of gonorrhoea compared with 548.
The continued decline in the number of cases of gonorrhoea in this area is gratifying
when compared with the general national increase. The activities of our Contact Tracers have
resulted in more women with gonorrhoea attending the clinic. It seems inescapable that this
has led to the decline in the numbers of infected men.
A study here has shown that in 1960, prior to intensive contact tracing for gonorrhoea,
we saw only 11 women as a result of 100 cases of gonorrhoea in men. In 1969,, wi th our present
system of contact tracing, We saw ho less than 54 women as a result of contact tracing in
100 cases of gonorrhoea in men In 1960 only 6 of the 11 women who attended were the sources
of infection. In 1969, 36 of the 54 women attending were the sources of infection.
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