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London County Council 1951

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

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Supervision

194919501951
Number of children under supervision of school doctors on 31st December375306186
Number of children under supervision at rheumatism supervisory centres on 31st December3,0212,7902,696
Number of supervisory centres242424
Number of sessions at supervisory centres988930905
Number of children attending for first time1,3751,2241,100
Total number of attendances at centres10,88710,0889,202

Table 26—Condition on discharge in 1951 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
Boys7282.71213.822.311.287
Girls6476.21214.389.584
Total13679.52414.0105.010.6171

Table 27—Percentage number of children with cardiac involvement admitted to the special rheumatism units, 1937.1951

193719381939194019411942194319441945194619471948194919501951
43.136.735.432.140.767.366.768.460.362.467.770.251.760.849.1

Table 29—Treatment of venereal disease at London clinics

YearSyphilisS. Ch ancreGonorrhoea
M.F.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
19441,17696789132,9291,3634,1942,3436,5688,234188,450155,332
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
19511,07754910565,0601,0286,2421,57316,4435,648200,778101,787