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 17—
Year | New cases | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases | Total attendances | ||||||||
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Syphilis | S. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | ||||||||||
M. | F. | 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 | 169,485 | |
1928 | 3,433 | 1,837 | 229 | 6 | 8,249 | 2,647 | 11,911 | 4,490 | 6,369 | 3,226 | 544,969 | 218,566 |
1938 | 1,799 | 1,065 | 235 | 9 | 7,120 | 2,151 | 9,154 | 3,225 | 8,249 | 5,269 | 588,815 | 263,908 |
1939 | 1,573 | 904 | 164 | 5 | 5,982 | 1,652 | 7,719 | 2,561 | 7,468 | 5,008 | 412,067 | 189,355 |
1940 | 1,493 | 709 | 146 | 9 | 4,591 | 1,319 | 6,230 | 2,037 | 5,383 | 3,515 | 305,693 | 131,375 |
1941 | 1,381 | 773 | 205 | 12 | 3,862 | 1,425 | 5,448 | 2,210 | 4,675 | 3,709 | 224,954 | 122,492 |
1942 | 1,369 | 917 | 148 | 9 | 3,082 | 1,444 | 4,599 | 2,370 | 4,960 | 5,177 | 222,864 | 155,559 |
1943 | 1,362 | 1,107 | 104 | 15 | 2,839 | 1,442 | 4,305 | 2,564 | 7,627 | 8,867 | 219,014 | 177,859 |
1944 | 1,176 | 967 | 89 | 13 | 2,929 | 1,363 | 4,194 | 2,343 | 6,568 | 8,234 | 188,450 | 155,332 |
1945 | 1,417 | 1,176 | 102 | 3 | 3,962 | 1,738 | 5,481 | 2,917 | 9,517 | 9,849 | 196,074 | 160,697 |
1946 | 2,371 | 1,354 | 154 | 11 | 7,718 | 1,785 | 10,243 | 3,150 | 17,153 | 8,654 | 284,108 | 161,839 |
1947 | 2,207 | 1,301 | 128 | 6 | 7,236 | 1,408 | 9,571 | 2,715 | 13,847 | 7,132 | 269,435 | 147,717 |
1948 | 1,949 | 1,155 | 102 | 6 | 7,008 | 1,346 | 9,059 | 2,507 | 16,349 | 6,821 | 268,203 | 148,212 |
1949 | 1,572 | 790 | 62 | 5 | 6,463 | 1,207 | 8,097 | 2,002 | 16,140 | 6,533 | 245,250 | 134,897 |
1950 | 1,278 | 664 | 90 | 3 | 5,740 | 1,127 | 7,108 | 1,794 | 17,385 | 6,180 | 238,986 | 122,482 |
1951 | 1,077 | 549 | 105 | 6 | 5,060 | 1,028 | 6,242 | 1,573 | 16,443 | 5,648 | 200,778 | 101,787 |
1952 | 811 | 490 | 91 | 3 | 5,625 | 1,176 | 6,527 | 1,669 | 16,920 | 5,632 | 220,871 | 100,420 |
1953 | 720 | 401 | 88 | 4 | 6,103 | 1,546 | 6,911 | 1,951 | 17,615 | 6,121 | 220,316 | 102,365 |
APPENDIX B
STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT (AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1 953 )
Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer | J. A. Scott |
Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Deputy School Medical Officer | A. B. Stewart |
Senior Principal Medical Officer | M. MacGregor |
Maternity and child welfare | Dorothy F. Egan |
School health | G. D. plrrie |
Epidemiology | I. Taylor |
Tuberculosis | W. Hartston |
Staff examinations and mental health | C. W. J. Ingham |
Chief Dental Officer | W. Ritchie Young |
Chief Nursing Officer | Evelyn Robinson |
Chemist-in-Chief | C. J. Regan |
Chief Inspector | J. Croft |
Administrative Officer | C. R. Geere |
Establishment Officer | R. H. J. Stronge |
Principal Clerks | G. Berridge |
D. J. B. Cooper | |
W. H. Joyce | |
Officer-in-Charge, London Ambulance Service | A. G. Hellman |