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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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These three were cases where vaccination was contra-indicated
because of their age, or other health reason.
Venereal Diseases
Returns received from the Treatment Centre at Oldchurch
Hospital showed that new attendances again increased over the
previous year as follows:—
Venereal Diseases
| Total | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1970 | 1971 | 1970 | 1971 | 1970 | |
| (a) Syphilis | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| (b) Gonorrhoea | 179 | 143 | 134 | 99 | 45 | 44 |
| (c) Other conditions | 1638 | 1296 | 1036 | 834 | 602 | 462 |
| TOTAL | 1827 | 1450 | 1177 | 941 | 650 | 509 |
The above figures include persons attending the Centre who reside in other areas. Subtracting non-Havering residents and adding returns relating to Havering residents received from other Treatment Centres, the statistics for Havering are as follows:—
| 1971 | 1970 | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Syphilis (b) Gonorrhoea (c) Other conditions | 4 109 959 | 10 79 750 |
| TOTAL | 1097 | 839 |
Last year I mentioned that the number of persons attending
the Oldchurch Treatment Centre had doubled in the preceding five
years. The increase in numbers between 1970 and 1971 is 26%,
and the 1971 total of 1,827 is more than double the equivalent
figure of 879 in 1968.
From the figures relating to Havering residents, an even
greater increase can be seen. The total number of persons from
Havering attending the Oldchurch Hospital Treatment Centre and
various treatment centres in London rose from 438 in 1968 to
1,097 in 1971, an increase of 150% in three years.
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