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East Ham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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VENEREAL DISEASES.

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1929.

LondonMiddlesexEssexSurreyKentHerts.Bucks.E. HamW. HamCroydonTotalOther PlacesGrand Total
New Patients:—
Syphilis3.280380224154105432357119224,4075244,931
Soft Chancre2101671225223644280
Gonorrhoea7,7551,01031031116514835742444710,09967510,774
Not Venereal6,493661355316186884173207608,4803218,801
Total17,7382,0528957884572819920657513123,2221,50424,786
Total Attendances616,39951,87722,23320,1969,5796,2712,4894,80615,9303,089752,86916,003768,872
No. of "In-patient" days32,4872,1541,4692,004823908168932527140,42911,09151,520
Salvarsan Substitutes, doses given35,3333,8812,1641,6071,0524044504171,26130046,9291,80048,729
Pathological Examinations.
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes855702819155152111,020671,087
Gonococci53,4.173,8702,7651,9991,3956422005281,43548466,7651,31268,077
Wassermann24.2701,8691,0041,00460026915620648421830,08087530,955
Others11,522650441656534147617214322114,44727414,721
Total90,0946,4594,2383,6782,5441,0634188112,083924112,3122,528114,840
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes45311151152
Gonococci4.2921991912,13912261043394917,442717,513
Wassermann15,8791,7081,1527871017913617524831320,57840720,985
Others3,188772052575229244121283,976794,055
Total23,4041,9871,5493,18316513417022330093232,04755832,605