London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Enfield 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PERSONAL HEALTH
(23) Venereal diseases
| Hospital | Number of new cases | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other conditions | ||
| Prince of Wales's | 6 | 119 | 849 | 974 |
| Westminster | — | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| The Middlesex | 1 | 22 | 210 | 233 |
| The London | 2 | 5 | 46 | 53 |
| St. Bartholomew's | — | 4 | 37 | 41 |
| Royal Free | — | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| St. Thomas's | — | — | 14 | 14 |
| Royal Northern | 5 | 53 | 94 | 152 |
| Central Middlesex | — | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| University College | 3 | 24 | 131 | 158 |
| 17 | 233 | 1,430 | 1,680 | |
(24) Smokers'advice clinic - 1971 Replies to questionnaires
| Attended 5 or more sessions | Attended 3-4 sessions | Attended 1-2 sessions | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total attended | No. of replies | No. not smoking | total attended | No. of replies | No. not smoking | total attended | No. of replies | No. not smoking | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| % Replies (of total attended) | 50 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 19 | |||||||||||
| % Non- smokers (of replies received) | 56 | 100 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 14 | |||||||||||