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City of London 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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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, 1937.—continued.
| Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 years and over. | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F- | M. | F- | M. | F- | M. | M. | F. | |||||||
| 13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | 1 | .... | .... | .... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 14. Chief preparations used in treatment of Syphilis :— (a) Names of preparations | Arsenical. | Mercury. | Bismuth. | ||||||||||||
| Approved Arsenobenzene 1 Compounds. | Others. | ||||||||||||||
| Neosalvarsan. Neokharsavan. N o varsenobillon. SiJsalvarsan. | Collosal Mercury Sulp. | Oxychloride & Collosal Metal. | |||||||||||||
| 3,419 | 520 | 6,964 | |||||||||||||
| 15 Pathological Work :— (a) Number of specimens examined at, and by the medical officer of, the Treatment Centre | Microscopical | Cultural for Gonorrhoea. | Serum | Cerebrospinal fluid. | Others for diagnosis of Venereal Disease. | ||||||||||
| for Syphilis. | for Gonorrhoea. | for Syphilis. | for Gonorrhoea. | ||||||||||||
| .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | |||||||||
| (6) Number of specimens from patients attending at the Treatment Centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | 27 | 2,035 | 18 | 1,243 | 63 | .... | .... | ||||||||
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. | Middlesex. | Essex. | Surrey. | Sussex. | Kent. | Herts. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a. Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item 3:— | |||||||||
| Syphilis | 185 | 2 | 2 | .... | .... | 1 | 1 | .... | 191 |
| Soft Chancre | 8 | 1 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 9 |
| Gonorrhoea | 307 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 323 | |||
| Conditions other than venereal | 425 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 443 | |
| Total | 925 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .... | 966 |
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 32,402 | 97 | 70 | 1.41 | 79 | 2 | 29 | .... | 32,880 |
| C. Aggregate number of " In-patient days " of all patients residing in each area | 156 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 156 |
17th Jan., 1938.
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(Signed) KENNETH M. WALKER,
Medical Officer of the Treatment Centre.
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