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VENEREAL DISEASE
Contact Tracing
This Borough being conveniently situated for travel to
Central London, has patients attending special clinics at most
of the major London Hospitals as well as the local centre at
Oldchurch Hospital.
The Deputy Superintendent Health Visitor is the designated
person that special clinics can approach regarding contact tracing
in the Borough but requests for assistance are rare.
It is understood that in most instances the staff employed
by the Hospital Service can cope with the work involved without
additional assistance from this authority.
Health Education
The risk to health of sexually transmitted disease is included
as a subject by the Health Education Section in their general health
education syllabus for schools, and in talks to adult groups that
request it.
TUBERCULOSIS
I am indebted to Dr. F. Macken, Consultant Chest Physician,
for the following report:-
Since the opening of Barking Hospital we have had two centres
running in the Borough. One in the Out-patients' Department at Barking
Hospital and the other in the old Five Elms Clinic:-
Five Elms Clinic
Number of sessions 311
New patients 2,031
Total attendances 6,348
Barking Hospital
Number of sessions 208
New patients 1,082
Total attendances 2,941
Totals
Total number of sessions 519
Total new patients 31113
Total attendances 9,289
Infections
Fresh cases of tuberculosis 60
Total notifications, including
transfers into the area 73
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