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Hillingdon 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Table: TUBERCULIN TESTS AND BCG VACCINATIONS FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1972

TUBERCULIN TESTS AND BCG VACCINATIONS FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1972

Contacts:19721971
i. Skin tested83722
ii. Found positive184
iii. Found negative82233
iv. Vaccinated78233
v. Babies vaccinated at birth6-
School children and students excluding those known to have received BCG Vaccination already
i. Skin tested3,0062,259
ii. Found positive18189
iii. Found negative.2,8252,170
iv. Vaccinated. 2,8252,170

Table: VENEREAL DISEASEThe following are the returns made to this department in respect of residents of the Borough by physicians in charge of centres for the treatment of venereal disease in the Greater London area:

VENEREAL DISEASE

The following are the returns made to this department in respect of residents of the Borough by physicians in charge of centres for the treatment of venereal disease in the Greater London area:

HospitalsNUMBER OF NEW CASES
Totals all Venereal ConditionsSyphilisGonorrhoeaOther Genital InfectionsOther Conditions
Primary and SecondaryOther
Hillingdon1,19252103717365
Central Middlesex4461721
Middlesex8974735
St. Bartholomew's22
St. Thomas'22
Seamen's
Westminster10271
Whitechapel Clinic211
Totals: 19721,34152118791425
19711,371291241,236
19701,01133108897
196999224109807

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The above table suggests that the total number of persons suffering from venereal conditions
may have stabilised.
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