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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| new cases | ||||||||||||
| syphilis | s.Chanre | Conorrhoea | Total vencreal cases | Total non-vencreal cases | Total attendances | |||||||
| 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 |
| 1957 | 701 | 562 | 78 | 2 | 8,943 | 2,003 | 9,722 | 2,567 | 20,554 | 8,102 | 223,821 | 97,149 |
| 1958 | 733 | 490 | 66 | 3 | 10,619 | 2,307 | 11,418 | 2,800 | 21,906 | 8,857 | 215,934 | 89,407 |
Tracing of
contacts of
patients
1957 1958
Percentage of patients resident in County of London 81 82
Number of patients completing treatment and of defaulters—
Syphilis—patients completing treatment—
Males 828 631
Females 627 554
patients not completing treatment—
Males 675 870
Females 294 292
Gonorrhoea—patients completing treatment—
Males 4,938 5,237
Females 985 1,165
patients not completing treatment—
Males 3,501 4,128
Females 900 1,161
Analysis of work undertaken by Council's male and female welfare officers
Contacts referred by hospitals, medical services of
the Armed Forces and by local health authorities 384 297
Insufficient information for following-up 276 191
Contacts brought to treatment 27 43
Contacts traced but not brought to treatment 14 3
Contacts not traced 67 60
In addition the female welfare officers attended clinics at St. Paul's Hospital,
St. Mary's Hospital and H.M. Prison, Holloway and followed-up persons
defaulting in attendance at these clinics.
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