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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 12—
| Year | New cases | Total attendances | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | S. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Total venereal cases | Total non.venereal cases | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 1954 | 651 | 340 | 64 | 2 | 5,816 | 1,422 | 6,531 | 1,764 | 17,875 | 6,304 | 219,258 | 100,554 |
| 1955 | 625 | 400 | 77 | 6 | 5,916 | 1,457 | 6,618 | 1,863 | 18,735 | 7,056 | 221,381 | 103,815 |
| 1956 | 691 | 493 | 72 | 4 | 7,468 | 1,718 | 8,231 | 2,215 | 19,802 | 7,468 | 222,695 | 101,034 |
| Table 13—Weather during 1956 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (as recorded at Kew Observatory) | ||||||
| Temperature | Rainfall | Sunshine | ||||
| Difference from | Difference from | Difference from | ||||
| Month | Mean (a) | Average (b) | Total | Average (b) | Total | Average (c) |
| °F | °F | ins. | ins. | hrs. | his. | |
| January | 40.3 | +0.6 | 3.69 | + 1.73 | 50 | + 8 |
| February | 32.2 | .81 | 0.23 | — 1.32 | 64 | + 5 |
| March | 44.3 | + 1.5 | 0.76 | —0.78 | 143 | +37 |
| April | 45.4 | —2.1 | 0.94 | -0.77 | 146 | — 4 |
| May | 56.0 | —2.4 | 0.23 | -1.52 | 257 | +59 |
| June | 57.5 | — 1.9 | 1.85 | —0.13 | 146 | —55 |
| July | 62.1 | -0.6 | 5.92 | +3.54 | 173 | -23 |
| August | 58.3 | -3.5 | 3.68 | + 1.44 | 164 | —21 |
| September. . | 59.5 | +2.1 | 2.01 | +0.02 | 111 | -30 |
| October .. | 50.4 | +0.1 | 2.11 | -0.40 | 112 | + 18 |
| November | 44.1 | —0.1 | 0.39 | -1.95 | 58 | + 6 |
| December | 44.4 | +3.7 | 2.56 | +0.40 | 9 | —29 |
| Year | 49.5 | —0.5 | 24.37 | +0.26 | 1,433 | -29 |
(a) Average of the daily means of 24 hourly readings.
(b) Average over the 50 years ended 1950.
(c) Average over the 70 years ended 1950.