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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

East Ham 1931

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

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Table: Venereal Diseases.As in previous years, the same facilities were available for the treatment of these diseases and the following extracts from the official tables supplied by the London County Council, relate to East Ham patients.

Venereal Diseases.

As in previous years, the same facilities were available for the treatment of these diseases and the following extracts from the official tables supplied by the London County Council, relate to East Ham patients.

New Patients.
Syphilis49
Soft Chancre3
Gonorrhoea104
Not Venereal112
Total268
Total attendances8,234
Number of in-patient days569
Salvarsan Substitutes, doses960
Pathological Examinations.
For or at Centres—
Spirochaetes33
Gonococci1,050
Wassermann282
Others889
Total2,254
For Practitioners—
Spirochaetes—
Gonococci4
Wassermann34
Others30
Total68

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Utilization of Facilities at Hostels, 1931.
Two East Ham patients had 164 days in residence under the
hostel scheme. The institutions concerned are as set out in the
report for 1930.