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City of London 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT 20, GOLDEN LANE, E.C. 1, DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1926.

RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT 20, GOLDEN LANE, E.C. 1, DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1926.

Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhoea.Conditions other than Venereal.Total.
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
1. Number of cases which— (a) at the beginning of the year under report were under treatment or observation for18188......9417l...276105
(b) had been marked off in a previous year as having ceased to attend or as transferred to other Centres, and which returned to the Treatment Centre during the year under report suffering from the same infection7.........94......164
Total—Items 1 (a) and 1 (b)18888......10321l...292109
2(a). Number of cases dealt with at the Treatment Centre during the year for the first time10635......25141421039986
Total—Items 1 (a), 1 (b) and 2 (a)294123......354624310691195
2(b). Number of cases included in Item 2 (a) known to have received previous treatment at other Centres for the same infection3.........62......92
3. Number of cases which ceased to attend (a) before completing the first course of treatment for2018......9212......11230
(b) after one or more courses but before completion of treatment for1514..................1514
(c) after completion of treatment, but before final tests as to cure of166......449......6015
4. Number of cases transferred to other Treatment Centres after treatment for212......33......245
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and observation for201......18543108116
6. Number of cases which, at the end of the year under report, were under treatment or observation for20282......19733......399115
Total—Items 3, 4, 5, & 6294123......354624310691195
7. Out-patient attendances:— (a) For individual attention by the Medical Officer4,4451,440......1,744464......6,1891,904
(b) For intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressings,etc.............3,52637......3,52637
Total Attendances4,4451,440......5,270501......9,7151,941
8. Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of treatment given to persons who were suffering from...10............8...109
For detection ofFor Wassermann Reaction.
|Spirochetes.Gonococci.OtherOrganisms. Sigmas.
9. Examinations of Pathological material:— (a) Specimens which were examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre for patients attending St. Bartholomew's Hospital, M.A.B., and General Practitioners27Film 979 Cultures 12C.S.F.W.R. 526 Sigma. 505
(b) Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an approved laboratoryNil.Film 8W.R. 151 Sig. 151W.R. 2,115 Sig. 1,877

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