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East Ham 1939

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

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VENEREAL DISEASES.

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

The sane facilities are available as in recent years for the treatment of those diseases, and from the official tables supplied by the London County Council the following figures are abstracted:-

New Patients.1939.1938.
Syphilis1318
Soft Chancre1
Gonorrhoea6184
Not venereal110136
185240
1939.1938.
Total attendances of all patients4,71611,020
Total number of in-patient days42182.

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The decrease in attendances and in-patient days as compared
with the year 1938 is not due solely to the War and resulting
evacuation, but to a lessened incidence of disease.

Table: PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

1939.1938.
For or at the Centres:-
Spirochaetes243
Gonococci2,1192,037
Wasserman370464
Others839992
Total:3,3303,536

Table: For practitioners:-

For practitioners:-

Spirochaetes--
Gonococci52
"Wasserman1440
Others1121
Total:3063

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