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VENEREAL DISEASES.
The same facilities are 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.
1943.
Syphilis 15.
Soft Chancre 2.
Gonorrhoea 26.
Not Veneral 104.
145.
Total attendances of all
patients 2,648.
Total number of in-patient
days 41
PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
For or at the Centres:- 1943.
Spirochaetes 2.
Gonococci 674.
Wassermann 526.
Others 995.
Total: 1,997.
For practitioners:-
Spirochaetes -
Gonococci 1.
Wassermann 10.
Others 10.
Totals 21.
Utilisation of facilities at Hostels 1943:-
East Ham 1. Number of days residence 24.
Venereal Diseases Rules 1942 - 33B. - In no instance were two forms
received in respect of one case during the year 1943.
Mental patients are now accommodated in Runwell Mental Hospital,
Essex, the Institution belonging to the County Boroughs of East Ham
and Southend-on-Sea.
Statistics and other information relating to the Hospital are
contained in the Annual Report for 1945,
EAST HAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
The work of the Hospital and Public Health Department becomes
more closely associated each year, and I acknowledge with gratitude
the help of the Committee and honorary medical staff.
Reference should be made to the Annual Report.
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