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West Ham 1924

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

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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Venereal Diseases.

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the year1924.

London.Middle sex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.East Ham.West Ham.CroydonTotal.Other places.Grand Total.
New Patients:—
Syphilis4,763445260170133812349166376,1274996,626
Soft Chancre20279343...17123768305
Gonorrhœa8,5717244242031968732782417610,63271811,350
Not Venereal5.879590332199125653068286497,0872057,292
Total18,8791,7661,0255754582368518770016324,0831,49025,573
Total attendances478,48433,60414,61612,8367,8673,4551,4103,8799,9712,899569,02119,981589,002
No. of In-patient days63,9483,3423,0542,7632,7841,7741,00154883854180,59321,863102,456
Salvarsan Sals, doses38,2843,4841,5201,3546315152063421,24044448,0201,69849,718
Pathological Examinations.
For or at Centre:
Spirocbaetes760421415132...12185063913
Gonococci28,0871,8321,1476715621746936872519333,82893334,761
Wasserman24,4261,73893380752229412922269024130,00299530,997
Others10,463417199598227425528911612,15418012,334
Total63,7364,0292,2932,0911,31251325561843655176,8342,17179,005
For Practitioners:
Spirochaetes275121......11...38...38
Gonococci3,8981651193711432317261215105,3933215,714
Wasserman14,802550827458714611113342637017,79419217,986
Others82928910951412......21,008511,059
Total19,5567489569402208314016054888224,23356424,797