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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 1925

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

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Table: Summary of work done by Hospitals.

Summary of work done by Hospitals.

West Ham Cases.Total Casks of Ten Authorities.
New Patients:—1921192219231924192519211922192319341925
Syphilis2401572081661208,1886,4016,5656,1275,454
Soft Chancre17201875471264312237212
Gonorrhoea31331028124119810,70910,03510,76210,63210,550
Not Venereal3492783482862386,0505,9436,4467,0878,387
Total91976585570056125,41822,64324 08524,08324,603
Total attendances9,2949,2809,7449,97110,039496,209514,857539,373569,021632,667
No. of In-patient days1,0381,5581,3968381,22779,69292 03785,38180,59381,335
Salvarsan Subs. doses1,3341,0071,1791,24092174,73055,20250,85248,02048,237
Pathological Specimens Examined.
For or at a Centre : Spirochaetes5039171241,5981,0467298501,268
Gonococci78476272772591027,85732,53927,60738,82857,160
Wasserman66764072969049530,48230,99630,12930,00230,426
Others812209396,1979,3199,91112,15414,110
Total1,5091,4531,4931.4361,44866,13473,90068,37676,834102,954
For Practitioners: Spirochaetes1....1..3249703830
Gonococci51180203121152,6483,6574,8865,3933,923
Wasserman27630622842648015,67014,38918.45917,79430,540
Others2..1..21223476251,0081,650
Total33048643254849718,47218,44224 04024 33326,142