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Total attendances of all patients 4,202
Total number of in-patient days 30
Pathological Examinations—
For or at the Centres:—
Spirochaetes 7
Gonococci 1,323
Wasserman 1,149
Others 2,209
Total 4,688
For Practitioners—
Wasserman 1
Others 1
Total 2
QUEEN MARY'S HOSPITALSPECIAL
TREATMENT CENTRE
Report by Director, Dr. F. G. Macdonald, for the year 1947
There continues to be a substantial demand for the services
provided at the Centre. The number of new patients seen was
smaller than in 1946, but the total attendances were about the
same.
New Patients 556
Total Attendances 6,278
The diagnosis of new patients was as follows:—
Gonorrhoea *71
Early Infective Syphilis 33
Late Syphilis 12
Congenital Syphilis 0
Soft Chancre 4
Previously Treated Patients 64
Non-Venereal Conditions 349
Return Cases 23
Total 556
*(Including 5 cases of Gonococcal sequelae)
The total number of patients on the books of the Centre
during the year was 742. These figures include 186 who were
under treatment or observation on the 1st January. Of this
total, 475 were discharged as cured or were found not to be
infected with venereal disease.
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