[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.
- Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
- Date:
- 1936
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![great improvement on tlie figure for the previous year and, in so far as it may be due merely to a falling off in the number of men rather than an increase in the number of women, no special cause for satisfaction. Ninety-seven patients attended who were found not to be suffering from venereal disease and this may be taken as the most hopeful figure of all, since it was only 80 in the ]')revious year. In 1936, this figure represented 39 per cent, of the total new cases, 9 per cent, more than the figure for 1935 and 4 per cent, more than the previous highest figure recorded in 1934. As previously stated, this figure is of value as indicating the disposition to seek treatment at an early stage of the disease. Laboratonj Diagnosis.—No change in the arrangements occurred during 1936. Including specimens sent from the clinic (816) the number of specimens tested by the Wasserman reaction was 494 and the number examined bacteriologically was 513, as against 483 and 521 respectively in the previous year. Propaganda Work.—The Cambridgeshire Branch of the British Hygiene Council again undertook the organisation of lectures accompanied by the display of a cinematograph film in both the Borough of Cambridge and in certain villages in the County during the year. The film “ Trial for Marriage ” preceded by an address given by Dr. I. Feldman was shown in the largest picture house in the Borough. A full house and extremely attentive audience was secured, many people having to be turned awav for lack of accommodation. The campaign in the villages actually took place in 1937 as it was thought that the early spring would be a more convenient time for people living in the country than in the winter. As it properly belongs to 1936, however, and as the old policy i^ to be re-adopted in 1937, some account](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2908944x_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
