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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

East Ham 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: VENEREAL DISEASES.Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1923.

VENEREAL DISEASES.

Summary of work done by the Hospitals during the Year 1923.

LondonMiddlesexEssexSurreyKentHerts.Bucks.E. HamW. HamCroydonTotalOther PlacesGrand Total
New Patients:—
Syphilis5,198429232153135733846208536,5655637,128
Soft Chancre22315113344—418—3123315
Gonorrhœa8,03373235624618482491352816410,76280111,563
Not Venereal4,904458226191109542375348586,4461986,644
Total18,9581,63482562343221311026085517524,0851,56525,650
Total Attendances453,85633,53412,22812,1337,5502,4431,3363,7279,7442,816539,37316,136555,509
No. of "In-patient" days67,6803,6622,8904,5312,3608661,2474691,39628085,38121,281106,662
Salvarsan Substitutes doses given40,7323,5341,5451,4251,0114631903671,17940650,8521,14051,992
Pathological Examinations.
For or at centre:—
Spirochaetes61661101035—517272933762
Gonococci22,7951,627857ooo3291285636972711927,60742028,027
Wassermann24,6731,71183787347023913120272926430,12980830,937
Others8,49028121160115138492320479,91114710,058
Total56,5743,6801,9152,0849534102365991,49343268,3761,40869,784
For Practitioners:—
Spirochaetes544—111-----70-70
Gonococci3 300160100512184244582033414,886984,984
Wassermann15,810466716541166587113322827018,45921018,669
Others531282217157211162555680
Total19,6956588381,081366897719243261224,04036324,403