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West Ham 1932

[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 1932.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
New Patients:—
Syphilis3,41044016916010050164787124,4914504,941
Soft Chancre113138332127115334187
Gonorrhoea7,9061,0325423671789640952092910,49472811,222
Not venereal8,2341,09955952720612150981897711,16044211,602
Total19,6632,5841,2781,05748726910724249211926,2981,65427,952
Total attendances772,83969,76044,66726,66012,6576.3402,5048,15119,6402,835966,05317,868983,921
No. of in-patient days34,5332,7781,8242,2171,04369419315935228444,0779,94654,023
Salvarsan Subs. doses46,3706,0913,5052,4051,1316842116731,46821662,7542,18264,936
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes2,51410413580273182148112,9851033,088
Gonococci75,4936,4645,9064,4421,8851,1183727761,74148798,6872,371101,038
Wassermann30,9563,0752,0241,78571750218940074923740,6341,33241,966
Others33,6202,1307,0041,0926532831371,1742,74016548,9981,24750,245
Total142,58311,77315,0697,4053,2821,9317062,3715,281900191,3045,053196,357
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes130......3..................133...133
Gonococci5,7871974464725572143169958,057768,133
Wassermann17,42090886687445121156461136520,81257521,387
Others9,087153664316173517351132010,65531810,973
Total32,4211,2581,9761,66511722818784381,68039,65796940,626