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City of London 1929

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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, 1929

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, 1929

Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhoea.Conditions other than Venereal.Total
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
I. Number of cases which— (a) at the beginning of the year under report were under treatment or observation for20170........12328........32498
(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 infection144........363........507 105
Total—Items 1 (a) and 1 (b)21574........15931........374
2(a). Number of cases dealt with at the Treatment Centre during the year for the first time with infections of1. less than one year's standing.2810........15437........18247
2. more than one year's standing.6625........64....843021455
Total*—-Items 1 (a), 1 (b) and 2 (a)309109........377688430770207
2(6). Number of cases included in Item 2 (a) known to have received previous treat-ment at other Centres for the same infection1411........277................
3. Number of cases which ceased to attend— (a) before completing the first course of treatment for416........5523........9629
(b) after one or more courses but before completion of treatment for207........................207
(c) after completion of treatment, but before final tests as to cure of21........14............161
4. Number of cases transferred to other Treatment Centres after treatment for52........510........1012
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and observation for71........1204........1275
6. Number of cases which, at the end of the year under report, were under treatment or observation for23492........18331........417 84123 30
Total*—Items 3, 4, 5. and 6309109........37768........770207
7. Out-patient attendances:- (a) For individual attention bv the Medical Officer4,4942,160........2,649756........7,1432,916
(b) For intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressings,etc.................3,57434884303,658378
Total Attendances4,4942,1606,2231,104843010,8013,294
8. Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of treatment given to persons who were suffer-ing from........................................
9. Examinations of Pathological material:— (a) Specimens which were examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment CentreFor detection of Spirochetes. Gonococci. Other Organ ismsFor Wassermann Reaction.
2412C.S.F. W.R. 86 86
(b) Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an approved laboratory....929 941W.R. 2,901 2,796

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