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City of London 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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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 THE31st DECEMBER, 1938.

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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 THE31st DECEMBER, 1938.

	Syphilis.		Soft Chancrc.		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 observation	293	156	2	....	181	15	....	5	476	176	652
2. Number of cases removed from the regis-ter during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection	32	31	....	....	44	5	....	....	76	36	112
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	25	1	....	....	....	....	....	....	25	1	26
„ secondary	29	17	....	....	....	....	....	....	29	17	46
„ latent in 1st year of infection	....	5	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	5	5
„ all later stages	70	30	....	....	....	....	....	....	70	30	100
,, congenital	15	7	....	....	....	....	....	....	15	7	22
Soft Chancre	....	....	4	....	....	....	....	....	4	....	4
Gonorrhœa, 1st year of infection	....	....	....	....	229	20	....	....	229	20	249
„ later	....	....	....	....	42	....	....	....	42	....	42
Conditions other than venereal	....	....	....	....	....	....	399	61	399	61	460
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 Centres	2	....	....	....	5	....	....	....	7	....	7
Totals of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4	466	247	6	....	501	40	399	66	1,372	353	1,725
5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure or after diagnosis as non-venereal	13	6	2	....	130	20	399	66	544	92	636
6. Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from:—
Syphilis, primary	20	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	20	....	20
„ secondary	31	13	....	....	....	....	....	....	31	13	44
„ latent in 1st year of infection	....	2	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	2	2
„ all later stages	41	11	....	....	....	....	....	....	41	11	52
,, congenital	10	6	....	....	....	....	....	....	10	6	16
Soft Chancre	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	....
Gonorrhœa, 1st year of infection	....	....	....	....	104	1	....	....	104	1	105
' ,, later	....	....	....	....	42	....	....	....	42	....	42
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure	50	22	3	....	54	....	....	....	107	22	129
8. Number of cases transferred to other Centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners	5	20	....	....	40	5	....	....	45	25	70
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December	296	167	1	....	131	14	....	....	428	181	609
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4.)	466	247	6	....	501	40	399	66	1,372	353	1,725
10. Number of cases in the following stages of syphilis included in Item 6 which failed to complete one course o treat-ment:—
Syphilis, primary	13	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	13	....	13
,, secondary	13	10	....	....	....	....	....	....	13	l0	23
„ latent in 1st year of infection	....	1	....	....	....	....	....	....	....	1	1
„ all later stages	22	6	....	....	....	....	....	....	22	6	28
,, congenital	3	5	....	....	....	....	....	....	3	5	8
11. Number of attendances:—
(a) for individual attention of the medical officer (s)	13,225	7,360	9	....	3,548	487	581	144	17,363	7,991	25,354
(b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing	....	....	....	....	3,792	452	....	....	3,792	452	4,244
Total Attendances	13,225	7,360	9	....	7,340	939	581	144	21,155	8,443	29,598
12. In-patients:—
(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year	....	....	....	....	10	....	....	....	10	....	10
(b) Aggregate number of "inpatient days "of treatment given	....	....	....	....	360	....	....	....	360	....	3610