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London County Council 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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the London County Council (Whitechapel) clinic (see page 39) and the Royal
Free hospital (women).
In addition the following hospitals provide facilities for all-day intermediate
treatment: Miller General hospital; Royal Northern hospital; St. John's hospital
(Lewisham); St. Mary's hospital; Seamen's hospital; University College hospital.
The number of new patients attending the hospitals during the year 1934 was
28,123, of whom 4,179 were suffering from syphilis, 11,720 from gonorrhoea, and 165
from soft chancre, while 12,059 were diagnosed as not suffering from these diseases.

Table: A summary of the work done by the hospitals for each of the areas in the joint scheme during the year 1934 is shown in the following table:—

A summary of the work done by the hospitals for each of the areas in the joint scheme during the year 1934 is shown in the following table:—

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.East Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total." Other places."Grand total.
New Patients—
Syphilis2,800316162158953923418173,7224574,179
Soft chancre91410522—18—12342165
Gonorrhoea8,2501,03355834420312461902552810,94677411,720
Not venereal8,4761,24853352027712365981856811,59346612,059
Total19,6172,6011,2631,02757728814923052910326,3841,73928,123
Total attendances879,16788,89964,16225374111828,3534,21512674298832,2221126131161561142287
No.of in.patientdays31,8743,2102,0562,1422,15923548187173439944,1619,92854,089
Salvarsan subs.doses42,1326,1703,4882,4931,1308524818221,2248958,8813,16762,048
Patholoqical Examinations.
For or at centres—
Spirochaetes1,979103745521141541632,2841462,430
Gonococci105,31610,51410,0964 9631,9841,1319991,9454,157571141,6762,485144,161
Wassermann41,4683,8492,1512,08899066S>36541076128653,0301,73154,761
Others37,8713,8788,0531,5476083211531,9563,16610857,6612,10359,764
Total186,63418,34420,3748,6533,6032,1281,5324,3158,100968254,6516,465261,116
For Practitioners—
Spirochaetes23142-----—30—30
Gonococci6,126259913509199524731181,0329,186949,280
Wassermann15,7951,0361,1791,17618555131411872120,33747020,807
Others5,52517874723539201032131246,9232467,169
Total27,4691,4742,8431,922423127188104491,87736,47681037,286

Table: The distribution of new cases of venereal disease between the sexes is shown in the following table, the figures for the preceding years being given for comparison:—

The distribution of new cases of venereal disease between the sexes is shown in the following table, the figures for the preceding years being given for comparison:—

Year.New cases.Total venereal cases.
Syphilis.Soft chancre.Gonorrhœa.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
19174,4273,351199113,8301,2078,4564,569
19183,7643,002116134,8441,9408,7244,955
19196,3943,3914631810,4412,44017,2985,849
19206,9883,5797662510,6692,42718,4236,031
19215,0883,100458138,5732,13614,1195,249
19224,2072,600309128,2332,40212,7495,014
19234,4972,63131149,0432,52013,8515,155
19244,1742,45230148,5652,78513,0405,241
19253,5562,346268118,4642,85712,2885,214
19263,7252,01330128,8252,85812,8514,873
19273,8862,20920379,6372,85913,7265,075
19283,4331,83722968,2492,64711,9114,490
19293,3031,62827648,2712,50311,8504,135
19303,3891,836347128,6202,50312,3564,351
19313,0091,521326127,7132,26011,0483,793
19323,2701,671172158,5662,65612,0084,342
19333,0721,638185108,7913,31312,0484,961
19342,6731,50615968,6893,03111,5214,543