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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Table IV.Venereal diseases (joint scheme).Summary of work done by the hospitals during the year1937.

Table IV.

Venereal diseases (joint scheme).

Summary of work done by the hospitals during the year1937.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.BucksEast Ham.West Ham.Croydon.Total.Other Places.Grand Total.
Syphilis1,964332105113852818134972,7142132,927
Soft Chancre8245611...231105114219
Gonorrhoea0,5321,1154634021481336493170279,1478059,952
Not venereal8,2391,647643643254172811232399312,13459312,727
Total16,8173,0981,2161,16448833416323146112824,1001,72525,825
Total attendances728,45999,68754,97431,21413,9708,0503,53013,77024,9793,407982,04018,4021,000,442
No. of in-patient days31,5833,4703,5811,8621,8151,3063051104344044,50610,52355,029
A.B.C. doses....................................50,724
Pathological Examinations.
For or at Centres:—
Spirochaetes1,9351621174411169154622,3571612,518
Gonococci100,41516,49011,4116,3192,4891,4617532,3153,573666145,8924,458150,350
Wassermann34,0604,2412,7733,05879346927046088326847,2751,75449,029
Others42,8945,1994,5613,3231,1486013017641,55437760,7223,50964,231
Total179,30426,09218,86212,7444,4412,5471,3333,5546,0561,313256,2409,882266,128
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes8...1.....................9...9
Gonococci4,3171262451173911518261,0926,077106,087
Wassermann14,6866731,33830821687134332568618,18643218,618
Others9,2483135221915040186351,07111,49446711,961
Total28,2591,1122,10661630524217041662,84935,76690936,675