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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Pathological Examinations.
For, or at the Centres:—
| Spirochaetes | — |
| Gonococci | 1,012 |
| Wassermann | 658 |
| Others | 1,560 |
| Total | 3,230 |
For Practitioners:—
| Spirochaetes | — |
| Gonococci | 12 |
| Wassermann | 10 |
| Others | 4 |
| Total | 26 |
No East Ham patients were admitted to hostels under the scheme.
Venereal Diseases Rules, 1942—Regulation 33B.
| M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Total number in respect of whom Form 1 was received | 1 | 1 |
| (2) Number of cases in (1) in which attempts were made outside of the scope of the Regulations to persuade the contact to be examined before the latter had been named on a second form | 1 | 1 |
| Contacts found | 1 | 1 |
| Contacts examined | 1 | 1 |
| (3) Number of those in (1) in respect of whom two or more Forms 1 were received | — | — |
| (4) Number of those in (3) dealt with | Nil |
Mental Deficiency.
Statistics are given later in the Report.