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The following is a summary of the work carried out during 1922:—
Battersea Borough Council Special Treatment Centre.
1. Tests carried out by Dr. Mackenzie Wallis (Pathologist).
Wass.
Neg.
Pos.
Gon.
C.F.T.
Neg.
Pos.
Dreyer
Sigma
Test.
Neg.
Pos.
In-Patients.
Maternity Home:
Mothers
196
188
8
165
90
75
10
10
-
Babies
3
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Out-Patients.
Clinic Cases:
Mothers
107
98
9
102
70
32
5
4
1
Babies
7
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eye-slides examined.
10 (all cases babies)—Negative, 9; Positive, 1.
2. Pathological tests carried out at the Clinics.
(a) Slides from eye discharge.
Examined:—
No evidence V.D. 27
Gonococcus found 2
Total 29 slides.
(b) Slides:
Urethra 102
Cervix 107
Total 209 slides.
(c) Cultures:—
Urethra 100
Cervix 102
Tonsil 1
Total 230 cultures.
(Note.—Gonococcus found in 3 cases—3 times in 1 case
examined.)
3. Notified Ophthalmia Neonatorum cases seen by Medical Officers.
Mothers examined 16
Babies examined 18
of which there were:—
In-patients 18
Out-patients 16
Total cases seen in connection with Ophthalmia
Neonatorum 34
4. Total number of cases seen at the Clinic in the
time, January 1st to December 31st, 1922,
inclusive 184 cases.
Total number discharged by Medical Officers,
no evidence of V.D. after examination 131 „
Ceased to attend without permission 9
Discharged pro tem. by Medical Officers 9 „
Cases transferred by Medical Officers 10