Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 19—Treatment of venereal disease at London clinics
Year. | New Cases | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases | ||||||||||||||
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Syphilis | S. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | |||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||
1918 | 3,764 | 3,002 | 116 | 13 | 4,844 | 1,940 | 8,724 | 4,955 | 1,345 | 1,348 | |||||||
1928 | 3,433 | 1,837 | 229 | 6 | 8,249 | 2,647 | 11,911 | 4,490 | 6,369 | 3,226 | |||||||
1938 | 1,799 | 1,065 | 235 | 9 | 7,120 | 2,151 | 9,164 | 3,225 | 8,249 | 6.269 | |||||||
1939 | 1,573 | 904 | 164 | 5 | 5,982 | 1,662 | 7,719 | 2,561 | 7,468 | 5,008 | |||||||
1940 | 1,493 | 709 | 146 | 9 | 4,691 | 1,319 | 6,230 | 2,037 | 5,383 | 3,515 | |||||||
1941 | 1,381 | 773 | 205 | 12 | 3,862 | 1,426 | 5,448 | 2,210 | 4,675 | 3,709 | |||||||
1942 | 1,369 | 917 | 148 | 9 | 3,082 | 1,444 | 4,599 | 2,370 | 4,960 | 5,177 | |||||||
1943 | 1,362 | 1,107 | 104 | 15 | 2,839 | 1,442 | 4,305 | 2,564 | 7,627 | 8,867 | |||||||
1944 | 1,176 | 967 | 89 | 13 | 2,929 | 1,363 | 4,194 | 2,343 | 6,568 | 8,234 | |||||||
1945 | 1,417 | 1,176 | 102 | 3 | 3,962 | 1,738 | 5,481 | 2,917 | 9,517 | 9,849 | |||||||
1946 | 2,371 | 1,354 | 154 | 11 | 7,718 | 1,785 | 10,243 | 3,150 | 17,153 | 8,654 | |||||||
1947 | 2,207 | 1,301 | 128 | 6 | 7,236 | 1,408 | 9,571 | 2,715 | 13,847 | 7,132 | |||||||
1948 | 1,949 | 1,155 | 102 | 6 | 7,008 | 1,346 | 9,059 | 2,507 | 16,349 | 6,821 | |||||||
1949 | 1,572 | 790 | 62 | 5 | 6,463 | 1,207 | 8,097 | 2,002 | 16,140 | 6,533 | |||||||
Year | Total attendances | In-patient days | Pathological examinations for | ||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | Clinic | Practitioners. | ||||||||||||
1918 | 169,485 | 66,095 | 25,973 | 6,380 | |||||||||||||
1928 | 544,969 | 218,566 | 23,821 | 41,285 | 107,410 | 29,785 | |||||||||||
1938 | 588,815 | 263,908 | 20,608 | 32,303 | 263,710 | 48,763 | |||||||||||
1939 | 112,067 | 189,355 | 13,030 | 22,715 | 223,696 | 40,176 | |||||||||||
1940 | 306,693 | 181,376 | 9,907 | 11,236 | 153,695 | 35,554 | |||||||||||
1941 | 224,954 | 122,492 | 13,708 | 10,459 | 135,152 | 34,981 | |||||||||||
1942 | 222,864 | 155,559 | 16,991 | 13,787 | 164,459 | 61,897 | |||||||||||
1943 | 219,014 | 177,859 | 6,828 | 9,725 | 182,558 | 76,533 | |||||||||||
1944 | 188,450 | 155,332 | 6,605 | 7,861 | 170,861 | 73,784 | |||||||||||
1945 | 196,074 | 160,697 | 6,408 | 7,635 | 209,199 | 88,971 | |||||||||||
1946 | 284,108 | 161,8351 | 6,472 | 9,384 | 279,414 | 88,531 | |||||||||||
1947 | 269,435 | 147,717 | 6,989 | 8,447 | 266,551 | 88,237 | |||||||||||
1948 | 268,203 | 148,212 | 6,140 | 8,379 | not known | not known | |||||||||||
1949 | 245,250 | 134,897 | not known | not known | not known | not known |