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City of London 1936

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Table: RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhoea.Conditions other than venereal.Totals.
M.F.|M.F.M.F.-M.F.M.F.Totals.
1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation2781714...15411...10436195628
2. Number of cases removed from theregis-ter during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection3717......38.........751792
3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from:— Syphilis, primary11.....................1111
„ secondary2721..................272148
„ latent in 1st year of infection.................................
„ all later stages5429..................542983
„ congenital.96..................9615
Soft Chancre......22...............2222
Gonorrhcea, 1st year of infection............25432......25432286
,, later.........44.........4444
Conditions other than venereal..................3598435984443
4. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment for the same infection, or to have been under observation, at other Centres53......8.........13316
Totals of Items 1, 2, 3 and 442124726...49843359941,3043841,688
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure or after diagnosis as non-venereal3676....1012135994502122624
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from:— Syphilis, primary129........................12921
„ secondary135........................13518
„ latent in 1st year of infection........................
„ all later stages247........................24731
,, congenital41........................415
Soft Chancre ............13....................1313
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection................120............120120
later51251253
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure3333........34............6733100
8. Number of cases transferred to other Centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners158........313........461157
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December2841777....16117........452194646
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.)42124726....49843359941,3043841,688
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course of treatment:— Syphilis, primary3........................33
„ secondary105........................10515
„ latent in 1st year of infection........................
„ all later stages206........................20626
,, congenital.21........................213
11. Number of attendances:— (a) for individual attention of the medical officers13,3816,72353....4,06245648016717,9767,34625,322
(b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing....5,7964475,7964476,243
Total Attendances13,3816,72353....9,8589034801671 23,7727,79331,565
12. In-patients :— (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year....1........61........628
(6) Aggregate number of "inpatient days" of treatment given....7........13123........13130161