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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
City of London 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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APPENDIX XX.—V enereal D iseases.
| Number of Cases reported. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Crow. | Passengers. | |
| Syphilis | 58 | 13 |
| Gonorrhœa | 222 | 13 |
| Soft Sore | 35 | 3 |
| Climatic Bubo | 15 | 2 |
| 330 | 31 | |
| Total, 361 | ||
APPENDIX XXL—Hospital.
Number of Cases Admitted, Cost of Maintenance, &c.
| Patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1938 | l. | |||
| Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | Remaining under treatment. | |
| Chicken-pox | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Measles and German Measles | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Mumps | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Other Diseases | 6 | 7 | — | — |
| Total | 56 | 56 | 1 | — |
| Remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1934 | Nil. | |||
| Total number of days' treatment during the year | 1,084 | |||
| Average number of days' treatment for each case | 19.0 | |||
| Average daily number of patients in Hospital | 2.9 | |||
| Average daily cost of maintenance per patient | Is. 3fd. | |||
| Average total cost of maintenance per patient | £1 5s. Od. | |||