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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
Hackney 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Statement of cases seen at Gynaecological Clinic—Contd.
The following table shows the results obtained in the treatment of the 105 patients at the Clinic:—
| Condition. | Result of Treatment. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Improved. | No change. | Failed to re-attend. | Sent to Hospital. | Still under treatment. | |
| Ante-natal retroversion | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post-natal retroversion | 10 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Prolapse | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Cystocele | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
| Rectocele | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Stress incontinence | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Visceroptosis | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Cervical erosion | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| Cervicitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | 6 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 |
| Menorrhagia | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Dysmenorrhoea | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Amenorrhoea | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Obesity | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Menopausal symptoms | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Infertility | 4 | — | — | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Ovarian cyst | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Eczema vulva | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pruritus vulva | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pruritus ani | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Furunculosis pubis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leukoplakia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Uterine fibroids | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 30 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 28 |