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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
West Ham 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Venereal Diseases.
| Year. | New Cases. | Total Y'enereal Cases. | Total Non.Venereal Cases. | Total Attendances. | In.patient days. | Pathological Examinations for | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea. | ||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Clinic. | Practitioners. | |
| 1917 | 4,427 | 3,351 | 199 | 11 | 3,830 | 1,207 | 8,456 | 4,569 | 1,192 | 1,168 | 120,659 | 63,923 | 13,988 | 3,649 | ||
| 1918 | 3,764 | 3,002 | 116 | 13 | 4,844 | 1,940 | 8,724 | 4,955 | 1,345 | 1,348 | 169,485 | 66,095 | 25,973 | 6,380 | ||
| 1919 | 6,394 | 3,391 | 463 | 18 | 10,441 | 2.440 | 17,298 | 5,849 | 3,418 | 1,700 | 201,626 | 106,096 | 24,025 | 49,186 | 51,554 | 10,464 |
| 1920 | 6,988 | 3,579 | 706 | 25 | 10,669 | 2,427 | 18,423 | 6,031 | 4,403 | 2,189 | 329,940 | 134,093 | 29,430 | 52,182 | 58,920 | 14,027 |
| 1921 | 5,088 | 3,100 | 458 | 13 | 8,573 | 2,136 | 14,119 | 5,249 | 3,696 | 2,354 | 357,503 | 138,706 | 30,272 | 49,420 | 66,134 | 18,472 |
| 1922 | 4,207 | 2,600 | 309 | 12 | 8,233 | 2,402 | 12,749 | 5,014 | 3,759 | 2,191 | 387,631 | 141,372 | 28,809 | 83,755 | 74,022 | 19,836 |
| 1923 | 4,497 | 2,631 | 311 | 4 | 9,043 | 2.520 | 13,851 | 5,155 | 4,167 | 2,477 | 412,915 | 142,594 | 29,661 | 77,001 | 69,784 | 24,403 |
| 1924 | 4,174 | 2.452 | 301 | 4 | 8.565 | 2,785 | 13,040 | 5,244 | 4,869 | 2,423 | 424,850 | 164,152 | 31,620 | 70,836 | 79,005 | 24,797 |