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City of London 1927
[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. | Middlesex. | Herts. | Surrey. | Kent. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of cases from each area dealt with during the year for the first time and found to be suffering from:— | |||||||
| Syphilis | 147 | .... | .... | .... | l | 2 | 150 |
| Soft chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Gonorrhœa | 214 | 3 | l | l | 2 | 1 | 222 |
| Conditions other than venereal | 43 | 2 | 3 | l | 2 | 2 | 53 |
| Total | 404 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 425 |
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 12,294 | 129 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 12,501 |
| C. Aggregate number of "In patient days" of all patients residing in each area | 17 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 17 |
| D. Number of doses of Arseno-benzol compounds given in the:— | |||||||
| 1. Out-patient Clinic | 1,719 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 1,719 |
| 2. In-patient Dept. to patients residing in each area. | 4 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4 |
| E. Give the names of Arsenobenzol comp0ounds used in the treatment of syphilis and the usual initial and final doses. | Neo.- Salvarsan. Nov-Arsenobillon. Neo.-KharsavanStabilarsen. Silver Salvarsan. Sulfarsenol. MALE. Initial dose, 6 to 9. FEMALE. „ .45 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 Mercurial or Bismuth injections. 3 to 4 courses in the 1st year, 2 to 3 courses in the 2nd year, according to Wasser-mann Reaction. Hydrag. Perchlor. with Pot. Iodide between the courses. Mercury Cream, Mercurosal, or Bismuth, 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. | MALE. Urethroscopy. Cessation of treatment. Alcohol. Films and cultures from urethral 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, urethra and Bartholin's glands (if necessary) after at least 3 successive menstrual periods, after cessation of treatment. | ||||||
18/1 /28.
(Signed) KENNETH M. WALKER,
Medical Officer of the Treatment Centre.