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East Ham 1932

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

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Venereal Diseases.

Table: The same facilities were available as in recent years for the treatment of these diseases, and from the official tables supplied by the London County Council the following figures are abstracted :—

The same facilities were available as in recent years for the treatment of these diseases, and from the official tables supplied by the London County Council the following figures are abstracted :—

New Patients. Syphilis47
Soft Chancre2
Gonorrhoea95
Not Venereal98
Total242
Total attendances of all patients8,151
Number of in-patients during 1932159
Salvarsan substitutes—doses673
Pathological Examinations For or at the Centres— Spirochaetes21
Gonococci776
Wassermann400
Others1,174
Total2,371
For Practitioners— Spirochaetes
Gonococci3
Wassermann46
Others35
Total84

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During 1932 no East Ham patients were in residence under
the Hostel Scheme.
Mental Deficiency.
The difficult situation as regards institutional treatment for
mental defectives eased considerably during the year with the
opening of part of the new institution at Ockendon belonging
to West Ham. The bulk of East Ham cases receiving treatment
in the L.C.C. Institutions were transferred to Ockendon, as well
as those on our long waiting list which were suitable.