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West Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table VIII. Venereal diseases (joint scheme). Pathological examinations and- specific treatment, iq17.
| Hospital. | Pathological examinations. | ABC. doses given. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirochaetes. | Gonococccci | Wassermann | Others. | Total. | ||||||
| (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | |||
| Albert Dock | 24 | - | 844 | 45 | 692 | 291 | 1,384 | 582 | 3,862 | 753 |
| Gt. Ormond St. | 1 | - | 1,110 | 56 | 839 | 224 | 586 | 161 | 2,977 | 261 |
| Guy's | 164 | - | 13,252 | 1,126 | 3,269 | 2,731 | 6,661 | 1,274 | 28,477 | 3,157 |
| King's College | 13 | 3 | 918 | 63 | 1,305 | 2,720 | 249 | 93 | 5,364 | 1,560 |
| L.C.C. Clinic (Whitechapel) | 730 | 4 | 36,377 | 2,286 | 8,116 | 3,284 | 14,542 | 3,872 | 69,211 | 14,483 |
| Metropolitan | 21 | - | 935 | 107 | 627 | 333 | 677 | 591 | 3,291 | 1,029 |
| Miller General | 3 | - | 1,316 | 13 | 271 | 1,050 | 96 | 91 | 2,840 | 1,119 |
| Royal Free | 39 | - | 19,644 | 154 | 2,945 | 1,408 | 4,734 | 1,557 | 30,481 | 2,494 |
| Royal Northern | 41 | _ | 3,605 | 63 | 998 | 1,288 | 339 | 79 | 6,413 | 2,385 |
| St. George's | 72 | 1 | 1,535 | 36 | 1,890 | 60 | 2,104 | 15 | 5,713 | 2,223 |
| St. John's (Lewisham) | 6 | - | 306 | 43 | 532 | 219 | 450 | 29 | 1,585 | 501 |
| St. Mary's | 185 | - | 15,426 | 415 | 4,292 | 1,917 | 3,864 | 92 | 26,191 | 5,804 |
| *St. Paul's | 33 | - | 1,745 | 44 | 837 | 97 | 910 | 36 | 3,702 | 734 |
| St. Thomas' | 683 | 1 | 24,148 | 626 | 14,730 | 389 | 16,541 | 376 | 57,494 | 234 |
| Seamen's | 143 | - | 3,949 | 75 | 1,079 | 110 | 2,935 | 42 | 8,333 | 1,719 |
| S. London for Women | 2 | - | 3,924 | 677 | 597 | 374 | 664 | 224 | 6,462 | 435 |
| University College | 180 | - | 1,756 | 26 | 963 | 19 | 241 | 3,185 | 2,199 | |
| West London | 143 | - | 14,650 | 201 | 3,962 | 1,285 | 5,633 | 1,272 | 27,146 | 5,427 |
| Westminster | 33 | - | 2,284 | 31 | 736 | 819 | 1,091 | 1,575 | 6,569 | 4,187 |
| S.A. Mothers' | 2 | - | 2,626 | - | 349 | - | 530 | - | 3,507 | 20 |
| Children's, Waddon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2,518 | 9 | 150,350 | 6,087 | 49,029 | 18,618 | 64,231 | 11,961 | 302,803 | 50,724 |
* Three months only.
(a) For centre, 266,128 (b) For practitioners, 36,675