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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
City of London 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Statement showing the services rendered at the Treatment Centre during the year, classified according to the areas in which the patients resided.
| Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | London. | Essex. | Herts. | Surrey. | Kent. | Sussex. | Berks. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of persons from each area dealt with during the year for the first time and found to be suffering from:— | ||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 143 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ........ | ........ | 1 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 148 |
| Soft chancre | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ |
| Gonorrhœa | 193 | 2 | ........ | ........ | 3 | 1 | 1 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 200 |
| Conditions other than venereal | 68 | 1 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 69 |
| Total * ......... | 404 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 417 |
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 10,793 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 22 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 10,890 |
| C. Aggregate number of "Inpatient days" of all patients residing in each area | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 9 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 9 |
| D. Number of doses of Arsenobenzol compounds given in the:— | ||||||||||||
| 1. Out.patient Clinic | 2,851 | 2 | 16 | 2 | ........ | ........ | 7 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | 2,878 |
| 2. In.patient Dept to patients residing in each area. | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ |
| E. Give the names of Arsenobenzol compounds used in the treatment of syphilis and the usual initial and final doses. | Neo.. Salvarsan. Nov.Arsenobillon. Neo..Kharsivan. Stabilarsan. Silver Salvarsan. Sulfarsenol. Initial dose, Male, "6 to .9. Female, .6 to .75. | |||||||||||
| F. State the amount and kind of treatment usually administered to a case of Syphilis of each of the types usually dealt with at the Treatment Centre. | Usual course, 8 to 10 injections of Arsenical compounds, with 10 to 20 Mercury injections. 3 or 4 courses in the 1st yr., 2 to 3 courses in the 2nd yr., according to W.R. Hyd. Perchlor c Pot. Iod. between courses. Iodine, Bismuth and Quinine, 15 injections. Trepol, Neo.Trepol, Muthanol, Luatol, Contraluesin, Cyarsal, Mercurosal, Collosal Iodine in conjunction with or without Arsenical compounds. | |||||||||||
| G. State the nature of tests applied in deciding as to discharge of patients referred to in Item 5 on previous page. | ||||||||||||
| Gonorrhœa—Male. Urethroscopy. Cessation of treatment, Alcohol, Films and cultures from urethal discharge, and from threads, if any, and from prostatic and vesicular secretions on 3 occasions at weekly intervals. Female. Films and sometimes cultures from cervix and urethra (and from Bartholin's glands if necessary) after at least 3 successive menstrual periods, after cessation of treatment. | ||||||||||||
Date 14 /1 /25. (Signed) KENNETH M. WALKER,
Mcdical Officer of the Treatment Centre.
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