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West Ham 1936

[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 1936.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
New Patients:—
Syphilis2,070275106845533212041122,7172042,921
Soft Chancre192813534...25223462296
Gonorrhoea6,7611,0914162931641505697191299,24879510,043
Not venereal8,5421,475643633281145911251966412,19562212,817
Total17,5652,8491,1781,01550333216824443310724,3941,68326,077
Total attendances826,944102,65057,39428,23010,2988,8283,25914,61426,0952,5871,080,89921,4791,102,378
No. of in-patient days34,1153,7373,0921,7962,6886476812452905147,34210,00057,342
A.B.C. doses....................................56,478
PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes2,662888538673285612,9741463,120
Gonococci107,84914,35611,6035,4042,6431,4808292,6483,754407150,9733,884154,857
Wassermann33,5704,0742,3162,35380949924640971719645,1891,61546,804
Others40,3594,5394,1182,7018975552748011,44520655,8952,37458,269
Total184,44023,05718,12210,4964,3552,5411,3523,8865,972810255,0318,019263,050
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes6...........................6...6
Gonococci3,2171981859318530244159204,89894,907
Wassermann16,2048611,31681622777125321066820,33652420,860
Others8,6332391,0783744559183581,02511,51446111,975
Total28,0601,2982,5791,283457166167108232,61336,75499437,748