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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

Croydon 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: VENEREAL DISESESAnnual Summary Year 1917.

VENEREAL DISESES

Annual Summary Year 1917.

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.West Ham.Eas f HamCroydonAll Districts.
I. No. of persons dealt with at or In connection with the clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from—
Syphilis6,057499308274242824413070727.778
Soft chancre1749789......2...1210
Gonorrhoea4,0983041411321702686860305.037
Not suffering from V.D.1,8821785577741373425152,360
Total12,211990511491495121592345511815,385
2. No, of persons discharged from the clinic after completion of treatment for—
Syphilis27330916725...33348
Gonorrhoea3052591571...787384
Solt chancre202...22............26
Total598571833163571110758
3. Total attendances of all persons who were suffering from —
Syphilis57,3445,8462,0922,811190356928397151669673,031
Soft chancre96027352244......7...161,111
Gonorrhoea33,9352,6911,0621,0381,0861611257549527441,339
Not suffering from V.D.4,15937011719113136205775325,188
Tolal96,3988,9343,3064,0623,1647663151,6101,0861,018120,659
4. No. of "in-patient" days of treatment given to persons suffering from—
Syphilis33,9562,1741,5201,4522,4081,01242556824513443.894
Gonorrhea14,9041,1621,25296892758729104...9620,029
Total48,8603,3362,7722,4203,3351,59945467224523063,923
5. No. of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes5,363476425311296733112065767,056
6. No. of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given20,3772,1258331,10499327718446018525826,769