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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Particulars of examinations carried out on specimens
submitted by general practitioners will be found in Table III.
Table III. Pathological examinations.
For practitioners. | No. of examinations. |
---|---|
Spirochaetes | — |
Gonococci | 6 |
Wassermann | 25 |
Others | 35 |
Total | 66 |
For reference purposes the work carried out at the various
hospitals and institutions of the scheme are set out in Tables
IV. to VIII.
Table VI.
Venereal diseases (joint scheme).
Area. | No. of patients. | Aggregate No. of days in residence. | Percentage (days). |
---|---|---|---|
London County | 128 | 13,912 | 49.6 |
Middlesex | 34 | 3,998 | 14.2 |
Essex | 20 | 2,412 | 8.6 |
Surrey | 15 | 2,556 | 9.1 |
Kent | 22 | 3,691 | 13.2 |
Herts | 9 | 851 | 3.0 |
Bucks | 9 | 655 | 2.3 |
East Ham | — | — | — |
West Ham | — | — | — |
Croydon | — | — | — |
237 | 28,075 | 100% |