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RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE
31st DECEMBER, 1931
Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea. | Conditions other than venereal. | Totals. | |||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Totals. | |
1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation | 335 | 166 | .... | .... | 175 | 20 | .... | .... | 510 | 186 | 696 |
2. Number of cases removed from the register during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection | 3 | .... | .... | .... | 12 | 2 | .... | .... | 15 | 2 | 17 |
3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 70 | 5 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 70 | 5 | 75 |
„ secondary | 42 | 25 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 42 | 25 | 67 |
„ latent in 1st year of infection | 90 | 48 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 90 | 48 | 138 |
„ all later stages | 19 | 16 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 19 | 16 | 35 |
congenital | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2 | .... | 2 |
Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection | .... | .... | .... | .... | 285 | 20 | .... | .... | 285 | 20 | 305 |
later | .... | .... | .... | .... | 41 | 3 | .... | 41 | 3 | 44 | |
Conditions other than venereal Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment at | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 300 | 92 | 300 | 92 | 392 |
other Centres for the same infection | 4 | 1 | .... | .... | 12 | .... | .... | .... | 16 | 1 | 17 |
Total of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 565 | 261 | .... | .... | 525 | 45 | 300 | 92 | 1,390 | 398 | 1,788 |
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure (see Item 15) | .... | 1 | .... | .... | 226 | 16 | 300 | 92 | 526 | 109 | 635 |
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 13 | 6 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 13 | 6 | 19 |
„ secondary | 26 | 20 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 26 | 20 | 46 |
„ latent in 1st year of infection | 86 | 34 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 86 | 34 | 120 |
„ all later stages | 34 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 34 | .... | 34 |
congenital | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Soft Chancre | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection | .... | .... | .... | .... | 45 | 5 | .... | .... | 45 | 5 | 50 |
,, later | .... | .... | .... | .... | 13 | .... | .... | .... | 13 | 13 | |
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure (see Item 15) | 26 | .... | .... | .... | 37 | 2 | .... | .... | 63 | 2 | 65 |
8. Number of cases transferred to other centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners:— | 6 | 2 | .... | .... | 15 | .... | .... | .... | 21 | 2 | 23 |
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December | 374 | 198 | .... | .... | 189 | 22 | .... | .... | 563 | 220 | 783 |
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. .. (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.) | 565 | 261 | .... | .... | 525 | 45 | 300 | 92 | 1,390 | 398 | 1,788 |
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course of treatment:— | |||||||||||
Syphilis, primary | 12 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 12 | 2 | 14 |
,, secondary | 30 | 11 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 30 | 11 | 41 |
,, latent in 1st year of infection | 20 | 2 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 20 | 2 | 22 |
„ all later stages | 4 | 8 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4 | 8 | 12 |
,, congenital | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
11. Number of attendances:— | |||||||||||
10,976 | 4,950 | .... | .... | 3,982 | 512 | .... | .... | 14,958 | 5,462 | 20,420 | |
(6) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | .... | .... | .... | .... | 5,919 | 39 | .... | .... | 5,919 | 39 | 5,958 |
Total Attendances | 10,976 | 4,950 | .... | .... | 9,901 | 551 | .... | .... | 20,877 | 5,501 | 26,378 |
12. In-patients:- | |||||||||||
(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 5 | 5 | .... | .... | 11 | 3 | .... | .... | 16 | 8 | 24 |
(6) Aggregate number of " inpatient days " of treatment given | 147 | 153 | .... | .... | 218 | 89 | .... | .... | 365 | 242 | 607 |