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REPORT ON THE WORK OP THE SPECIAL CLINIC
AT
QUEEM MARY'S HOSPITAL FOR THE EAST END
DURING THE YEAR.
by Dr.F.G.Macdonald, Consultant Venerologlst.
I am indebted to Dr.Macdonald for the following interesting report.
The corresponding figures for 1951 are in brackets.
The total number of patients who attended was 463 (510). This figure includes 148
who were already under treatment or observation at the beginning of the year.
New Patients 315 (368)
Total Attendances 3,285 (3,575)
The diagnosis was as follows
Syphilis in primary or secondary stage - (1)
Syphilis in the early latent stage 4 (14)
Syphilis in later (non-infective) stages 19 (21)
Congenital Syphilis 10 (3)
Gonorrhea 24 (23)
Soft Sore _ (1)
Urethritis 20 (23)
Other Conditions 199(200)
Cases previously treated elsewhere 14 (13)
Return Cases 25 (69)
The Syphilis cases included 9 (9) pregnant women whose condition was discovered by
routine ante-natal testing. Six of these cases were subsequently proved to have been
instances of pre-natal infection. In each case the siblings and parents were investigated
and treatment given where indicated.
All the pathological and serological work of the clinic is carried out by Dr.M.Ross,
Clinical Pathologist to this hospital. Certain "problem" sera are referred to the V.D.
Reference Laboratory, which is under the direction of the Medical Research Council.
The nursing staff of the Clinic are unchanged, Miss C.S.Ford, S.R.N., Sister-in-Charge,
Miss M. Morris, S.E.A.N., and Mr. C.E. Rogers, S.E.A.N. Patients are visited, when desirable,
by Mrs. Campbell, part-time Social Worker.
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