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SECTION V.
VENEREAL DISEASE.
A joint scheme in which Croydon takes a part, and which consists
of maintenance of clinics at practically all the big London
Hospitals, has continued to run successfully. The Medical Officers
of the joint authorities have met at frequent intervals during the
year in London and discussed points which have arisen in connection
with this scheme.
The main Table subjoined refers to this scheme. The
smaller Table gives details of the work carried out at the Croydon
General Hospital Venereal Diseases Clinic during 1919. It was
unfortunately not possible to arrange for the treatment of male
patients at Croydon General Hospital during 1919. This has,
however, been effected in the early part of 1920, as well as the
establishment of arrangements for daily lavage.
The total number of cases dealt with from Croydon in 1919
was 262, as against 190 in 1918. The number attending the clinics
in London increased by 85; those attending the local clinic
diminished by 13. A gratifying feature of the returns is the increased
number of pathological examinations made for private
practitioners—190 in 1919, as against 45 in 1918.