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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
Havering 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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| Total | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | 1969 | 1968 | |
| (a) Syphilis | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| (b) Gonorrhoea | 119 | 129 | 93 | 94 | 26 | 35 |
| (c) Other conditions | 1001 | 737 | 686 | 537 | 315 | 200 |
| TOTAL | 1130 | 879 | 786 | 639 | 341 | 240 |
226 males and 72 females included under (c) on the previous
page, were found to require no treatment in the Centre, compared
with equivalent figures of 206 males and 45 females in 1968.
The figures given 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, the 1968 figures being appended for comparative purposes:-
| 1969 | 1968 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Syphilis | 6 | 4 |
| (b) | Gonorrhoea | 60 | 54 |
| (c) | Other conditions | 596 | 380 |
| TOTAL | 662 | 438 | |
During the year as part of the Health Education Programme
of the Council, publicity was given, in the form of advertisements
in local papers, and by the distribution of leaflets from various
Clinics and other Council premises, to the need for all who had
taken risks to seek early advice. Details of the times of the
Sessions held at the Treatment Centre at Oldchurch Hospital
were given and this publicity may have played some part in the
increased number of patients who attended the Centre in 1969
as compared with the previous year.
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