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London County Council 1950

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

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Table 30 —Condition on discharge in 1950 of London children treated in Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton

SexFit for ordinary school or ordinary employmentFit for P.H. school or light employmentUnfit for school or workDiedTotal
No.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.Percentage
Boys11291.175.743.2123
Girls14085.41710.474.2164
Total25287.8248.4113.8287

Table 31—Percentage number of children with cardiac involvement admitted to the special rheumatism units, 1936-1950

193619371938193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950
37.743.136.735.432.140.767.366.768.460.362.467.770.251.760.8

The percentage of children with cardiac involvement admitted to the rheumatism
units has risen during the last ten years and the figure for 1950 (6.8) was nearly
double that for 1940 (32.1). The main rise, however, occurred in the early part of
the decade and was a sudden not a progressive one, being probably due to the fact
that with only a limited number of beds available, the milder cases were being treated
elsewhere and consequently the more severe cases with cardiac complications formed
a larger proportion of the whole.

Table 33—Treatment of venereal disease at London clinics

YearNew CasesTotal venereal casesTotal non-venereal casesTotal attendances
SyphilisS. ChancreGonorrhoea
MF.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
19183,7643,002116134,8441,9408,7244,9551,3451,348169,485
19283,4331,83722968,2492,64711,9114,4906,3693,226544,969218,566
19381,7991,06523597,1202,1519,1543,2258,2495,269588,815263,908
19391,57390416455,9821,6527,7192,5617,4685,008412,067189,355
19401,49370914694,5911,3196,2302,0375,3833,515305,693131,375
19411,381773205123,8621,4255,4482,2104,6753,709224,954122,492
19421,36991714893,0821,4444,5992,3704,9605,177222,864155,559
19431,3621,107104152,8391,4424,3052,5647,6278,867219,014177,859
19441,17696789132,9291,3634,1942,3436,5688,234188,450156,332
19451,4171,17610233,9621,7385,4812,9179,5179,849196,074160,697
19462,3711,354154117,7181,78510,2433,15017,1538,654284,108161,839
19472,2071,30112867,2361,4089,5712,71513,8477,132269,435147,717
19481,9491,15510267,0081,3469,0592,50716,3496,821268,203148,212
19491,5727906256,4631,2078,0972,00216,1406,533245,250134,897
19501,2786649035,7401,1277,1081,79417,3856,180238,986122,482