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City of London 1928

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL TREATMENT CENTRE, 20, GOLDEN LANE, E.C.1, DURINGTHE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1928.

RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL TREATMENT CENTRE, 20, GOLDEN LANE, E.C.1, DURING

THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1928.

Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhœa.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 for22462........16820........39282
(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 infection198........174........3612
Total—Items 1(a) and 1 (b)24370........18524........42894
2(a). Number of cases dealt with at the Treatment Centre during the year for the first time11140........2303554639581
Total*—Items 1(a), 1(b) and 2(a)354110........41559546823175
2(b). Number of cases included in Item 2 (a) known to have received previous treatment at other Centres for the same infection126........13............256
3. Number of cases which ceased to attend— (a) before completing the first course of treatment for5010........14013........19023
(b) after one or more courses but before completion of treatment for4413........................4413
(c) after completion of treatment, but before final tests as to cure of3215........958........12723
4. Number of cases transferred to other Treatment Centres after treatment for201........156........357
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and observation for71........424........495
6. Number of cases which, at the end of the year under report, were under treatment or observation for20170........12328........32498
546
Total*—Items 3, 4, 5, & 6354110........41559........823175
7. Out-patient attendances:- (a) For individual attention by the Medical Officer4,2211,946........1,521752........5,7422,698
(b) For intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressings, etc.................4,506105........4,506105
Total Attendances4,2211,946........6,027857........10,2482,803
8. Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of treatment given to persons who were suffering from........................................
For detection ofFor Wassermann Reaction.
Spirochetes.Gonococci.Other Organisms.
9. Examinations of Pathological material:— (a) Specimens which were examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre....16
(b) Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an approved laboratory271,013C.S.F. W.R. 106 Sig. 106W.R. 2,902 Sig. 2,762

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*The total of Items 1 (a), 1 (b) and 2 (a) in the vertical columns headed Syphilis, Soft Chancre and Gonorrhœa should agree with the
corresponding total of Items 3, 4, 5, and 6.
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