Appendix to the First report of the Commissioners : minutes of evidence 7th November 1913 to 6th April 1914 question 1 to question 12,549.

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Appendix to the First report of the Commissioners : minutes of evidence 7th November 1913 to 6th April 1914 question 1 to question 12,549. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INDEX, Ant Pore STEVENSON, Dr. THomsAs HeNRyY Cratc—cont. THOMPSON, Sir Wint1am Joun, M.D., Registrar- STrn-BIBTHS : General for Ireland ; - - - 2509-2718 Registration desirable , ‘ 140-8 Cancer, connection with syphilis - : 2613-7 Syphilis a constant cause - - - - 185 IRELAND : Quack treatment would increase : - 3524 Aneurysin : Stricture of the urethra, separate in statistics from Deaths, fewer among wonien than men - 2563 gonorrhea after 1901 - , - - 80-3 no Decrease - - “tied ' 9554—5 SYPHILIS : Connaught, venereal disease, small amount and Complications or combinations of, returned on CG question of reason - ; ee 2642-53 certificates - é : : . 3353-7 ork City, small amount of syphilis - - 2639 Deaths from : Accuracy of returns would be increased if every practitioner had available for use a free Was- sermann test - - - - - 268 Certificates : from Institutions more reliable than others 28, 19 Reluctance to certify - - - 27-8, 35-7 Comparison of rate in London with rural districts 256-61 Comparison with tuberculosis - - 209-15 Congenital and acquired syphilis, no correspond- ence - - - - - : 3303-4 fairly Constant during last 15 years - 21-2 Decline since 1891 - - - - 236-53 no Effect of Contagious Diseases Act shown 3332-6 Distribution according to occupations 3308-26, 3395-401, 3416-7, 3495-7, 3433-5, 3428-9 Excessive ip certain ports - - 3402-5 Few, in rural areas in institutions - - 262 Figures bear some relation to facts, but probably largely exceeded in reality 20, 29, 34-7, nae 26 General fall, reasons for supposing existence of : 3340-3, 3412-5 Infantile mortality, legitimate und illegitimate, and large proportion of illegitimate 3345-51 in Institutions : Increase - - - - - 3342-3 Increase of, and decrease of total rate would point to no increase of syphilis in country 254-6 in Institutions and at home, proportions and proportion of men, women, &e. - 3243-53 Large number would not be enteredas - 177 Large proportion in poor law institutions 73-7 Many recorded under some manifestation of syphilis from which existence cannot be deduced - - - - - - 204-7 Preponderance in large towns over rural districts 3297 Proportion in county boroughs and London 93-6 Question of extent to which other causes given instead - - : - 183-94, 204, 208 Rapid rise, 1850-69, question of reason 3337-8 Relative amount of actual mortality at different periods - - . - - |. 8327-9 Secondary causes of death, tabulation to be carried out - - - - - 144-5] Syphilis would not be put down as cause unless active - - - 268-72 estimated True proportion 130-4, 178-9, 226-9 almost Two-thirds infants under one year 23 in Urban districts, fall about 1890 - 3436-8 Urban excess greater for, than for para-syphilitic diseases - - - - 3278-82 more Serious for person in feeble health 3279-81 Treatment, should be made pleasant and effective and need for notification would be done away oF 352 VENEREAL DISEASES : ‘ Deaths attributable to, small - - oe MURS ee. Distribution according to occupations 3305-26 3395-401, 3416-8, 3428-9, 3433-5, 3455-9, 3463-74, 3495-7, 3498-502 more Fatal and probably more prevalent in London and largest towns than in rural districts - 264 Wales, low mortality from venereal disease, se Death certificates : Confidential, question of, owing to registrars being medical men — - 2699-709 Doubtful, procedure - - - 2525-7 Improvement - - - - 2531-2, 2549 Special certificate to central office in addition, suggestion - : - - - 2693-711 Dublin : Asylum, valuable figures could be obtained from - . - - - - 2717-8 Lock hospital, syphilis, more cases but less serious in early symptoms - - 2684-5 Venereal disease, large amount of, and possible reasons - - : 2578-82, 2667-80 Dublin and Dublin County Borough, deaths from venereal disease and large proportion 2575-82, 2588-90, 2637-8, 2712-5 Dublin Registration Area, deaths from venereal disease - . - - - 2567-74, 2712-5 General paralysis of the insane: Deaths : Less among women than men - - 2568 Rates and comparison with England 2681-8 Increase - - - . - 2552-8 Illegitimate births, rate and comparison with England, Wales, and Scotland, and rate in Connaught and Ulster - - 2587, 2624-30 Insanity, increase and connection with syphilis 2599-604, 2689-92 Locomotor ataxy : Deaths : Less among women than men - - 2563 Rates and comparison with England 2681-8 no Decrease - - - - - - 2561 Phagedena, no deaths registered from, 1911, 1912 2542-3 Registrar-General’s records : Arrangement much the same as in England, Wales, and Scotland - - - 2511-2 “Deaths from venereal affections,” diseases included - - - - - 2572-3 Locomotor ataxy not recorded until 1901 2544.6 Syphilis, question of deaths as indication of prevalence of disease - : : 2646-9 Value affected to certain extent by number of uncertified deaths = - : 2533-9 Registration : Dispensary doctor as registrar, and system approved - - - - 2517-8, 2654-66 Particulars re system, areas, kc. - 2516-25 Still-births, no registration = SS eras Stricture of the urethra and gonorrhea, deaths hoo frei (k= - - - . - 2619-23 Syphilis : Deaths : Belfast and Dublin - - - 2580-3 Comparatively few - - - 2611-8 Increase, but more apparent than real 2547-50, 2560-2, 2595-6 Infantile mortality, and comparison with England, Wales, and Scotland 2564-6, 2585-6 Men and women - - - - 2631-2 Question of actual cause - . 2605-10 Registration, increase as result of steps taken 2526 Uncertified deaths : Cause often found out by registrar 2534-7, 2660-6 Proportion and reasons, &c. — - - 2533-9 Union workhouses, transfers to asylums - 2691