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West Ham 1929

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

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Venereal Diseases (L.C.C. Scheme).

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 19'29.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
New Patients :—
Syphilis3,280380224154105432357119224,4075244,931
Soft Chancre21016712...25223644280
Gonorrhoea Not venereal7,755 6,4931,010 661310355311316165 1861488835 41747324420747 6010,099 8,480675 32110,774 8,801
Total17,7382,0528957884572819920657513123,2221,56424,786
Total attendances616,39951,87722,23320,1969,5796,2712,4894,80615,9303,089752,86916,003768,872
No. of in-patient days32,4872,1541,4692,004823908168932527140,42911,09151,520
Salvarsan Subs, doses35,3333,8812,1641,6071,0524644504171,26130046,9291,80048,729
For or at Centres :—
Spirochaetes855702819155152111,020671,087
Gonococci53,4473,8702,7651,9991,3956422005281,43548466,7651,31268,077
Wassermann24,2701,8691,0041,00460026915620648421830,08087530,955
Others11,522650441656534147617214322114,44727414,721
Total90,0946,4594.2383,6782,5441,0634188112,083924112,3122,528114,840
For Practitioners :—
Spirochaetes4531............11...51152
Gonococci4,2921991912,13912261043394917,442717,513
Wassermann15,8791,7081,1527871017913617524831320,57840720,985
Others3,188772052575229244121283,976794,055
Total23,4041,9871,5493,18316513417022330093232,04755832,650