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West Ham 1934

[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 1934.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts,BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
New Patients:—
Syphilis2,800316162158953923418173,7224574,179
Soft Chancre91410522...18...12342165
Gonorrhoea8,2501,03355834420312461902552810,94677411,720
Not venereal8,4761,24853352027712365981856811,59346612,059
Total19,6172,6011,2631,02757728814923052910326,3841,73928,123
Total attendances879,16788,89964,16225,37411,1828,3534,21512,67429,8832,2221,126,13116,1561,142,287
No. of in-patient days31,8743,2102,0562,1422,15923548187173439944,1619,92854,089
Salvarsan Subs, doses42,1326,1703,4882,4931,1308524818221,2248958,8813,16762,048
PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes1,979103745521141541632,2841462,430
Gonococci105,31610,51410,0964,9631,9841,1319991,9454,157571141,6762,485144,161
Wassermann41,4683,8492,1512,08899066236541076128653,0301,73154,761
Others37,8713,8788,0531,547608311531,9563,16610857,6612,10359,764
Total186,63418,34420,3748,6533,6032,1281,5324,3158,100968254,6516,465261,116
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes23142..................30...30
Gonococci6,126259913509199524731181,0329,186949,280
Wassermann15,7951,0361,1791,17618555131411872120,33747020,807
Others5,52517874723539201032131246,9232467,169
Total27,4691,4742,8431,922423127188104491.87736,47681037,286