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Havering 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]

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TABLE 24

Venereal Diseases

TotalMaleFemale
(a) Syphilis752
(b) Gonorrhoea957817
(c) Other conditions603422181
Total705505200

130 males and 45 females included under (c) above, were
found to require no treatment in the Centre.
The figures given above include persons who attended the
Centre but who reside in adjacent areas. Subtracting these
non-Havering residents, and adding Havering residents included
on returns received from other treatment centres in London, the
net figures in respect of this Borough are as follows:—
Syphilis 2
Gonorrhoea 59
Other conditions 390
Total 451
Returns for the year 1967 were received from more London
Centres than was the case in 1966. For purposes of comparison
only, if the above figures were related to the same Centres as
were included in the 1966 figures, the total would read as under:-
1966 1967
Syphilis 3 1
Gonorrhoea 52 49
Other conditions 364 334
Total 419 384
ANNUAL REPORT OF CHIEF DENTAL OFFICER
Mr. E.B. Hodgson, Chief Dental Officer has supplied the
following report on the priority dental services an,d the dental
service for school children.
Although the year began with the staffing situation reasonably
satisfactory with seven full-time dental surgeons and three
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