Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Venereal Diseases.
Summary of the work done at the London Clinics for all areas from 1917.
Year | New Cases. | Total Venereal Cases. | Total Non-Venereal Cases. | Total Attendances | In-patient days. | Pathological Examinations for | ||||||||||
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Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea. | ||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Clinic. | Practitioners. | |
1917 | 4,427 | 3,351 | 199 | 11 | 3,830 | 1,207 | 8,456 | 4,569 | 1,192 | 1,168 | 120,659 | 63,923 | 13,988 | 3,649 | ||
1918 | 3,764 | 3,002 | 116 | 13 | 4,844 | 1,940 | 8,724 | 4,955 | 1,345 | 1,348 | 169,485 | 66,095 | 25,973 | 6,380 | ||
1919 | 6,394 | 3,391 | 463 | 18 | 10,441 | 2,440 | 17,298 | 5,849 | 3,418 | 1,700 | 201,626 | 106,096 | 24,025 | 49,186 | 51,554 | 10,464 |
1920 | 6,988 | 3,579 | 766 | 25 | 10,669 | 2,427 | 18,423 | 6,031 | 4,403 | 2,189 | 329,940 | 134,093 | 29,430 | 52,182 | 58,920 | 14,027 |
1921 | 5,088 | 3,100 | 458 | 13 | 8,573 | 2,136 | 14,119 | 5,249 | 3,696 | 2,354 | 357,503 | 138,706 | 30,272 | 49,420 | 66,134 | 18,472 |
1922 | 4,207 | 2,600 | 309 | 12 | 8,233 | 2,402 | 12,749 | 5,014 | 3,759 | 2,191 | 387,631 | 141,372 | 28,809 | 83,755 | 74,022 | 19,836 |
1923 | 4,497 | 2,631 | 311 | 4 | 9,043 | 2,520 | 13,851 | 5,155 | 4,167 | 2,477 | 412,915 | 142,594 | 29,661 | 77,001 | 69,784 | 24,403 |
1924 | 4,174 | 2,452 | 301 | 4 | 8,565 | 2,785 | 13,040 | 5,241 | 4,869 | 2,423 | 424,850 | 164,152 | 31,620 | 70.836 | 79,005 | 24,797 |
1925 | 3,556 | 2,346 | 268 | 11 | 8,464 | 2,857 | 12,288 | 5,214 | 5,726 | 2,954 | 459,011 | 187,120 | 29,313 | 73,141 | 106,064 | 26,346 |
1926 | 3,725 | 2,013 | 301 | 2 | 8,825 | 2,858 | 12,851 | 4,873 | 5,830 | 3,158 | 490,578 | 196,497 | 31,258 | 70,477 | 100,543 | 27,565 |
1927 | 3,886 | 2,209 | 203 | 7 | 9,637 | 2,859 | 13,726 | 5,075 | 6,799 | 3,365 | 554,171 | 213,107 | 21,268 | 91,145 | 107,512 | 27,046 |
1928 | 3,433 | 1,837 | 229 | 6 | 8,249 | 2,647 | 11,911 | 4,490 | 6,369 | 3,226 | 544,969 | 218,566 | 23,821 | 41,285 | 107,410 | 29,785 |
1929 | 3,303 | 1,628 | 276 | 4 | 8,271 | 2,503 | 11,850 | 4,135 | 5,656 | 3,145 | 557,747 | 211,125 | 23,121 | 28,399 | 114,840 | 32,605 |
1930 | 3,389 | 1,836 | 347 | 12 | 8,620 | 2,503 | 12,356 | 4,351 | 6,305 | 3,857 | 623,820 | 212,399 | 21,033 | 30,183 | 125,177 | 33,309 |
1931 | 3,009 | 1,521 | 326 | 12 | 7,713 | 2,260 | 11,048 | 3,793 | 6,853 | 4,253 | 699,752 | 230,596 | 23,408 | 33,133 | 161,092 | 35,498 |
1932 | 3,270 | 1,671 | 172 | 15 | 8,566 | 2,656 | 12,008 | 4,342 | 7,286 | 4,316 | 737.558 | 246,363 | 22,774 | 31,249 | 196,357 | 40,626 |
1933 | 3,072 | 1,638 | 185 | 10 | 8,791 | 3,313 | 12,048 | 4,961 | 7,325 | 4,380 | 804,042 | 293,172 | 23,504 | 29,077 | 219,852 | 39,649 |
1934 | 2,673 | 1,506 | 159 | 6 | 8,689 | 3,031 | 11,521 | 4 543 | 7,520 | 4,539 | 820,469 | 321,818 | 22,928 | 31,161 | 261,116 | 37,286 |