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Croydon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: VENEREAL DISEASES.Annual Summary Year 1919

VENEREAL DISEASES.

Annual Summary Year 1919

London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.East Ham.West Ham.Croydon.All Districts.
I. No. of persons dealt with at or in connection with the clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from—
Syphilis7,1286453523212309454113384639,384
Soft chancre33119181216652212432
Gonorrhœa9,63598247634523285501734738112,532
Not found to be suffering from Venereal Disease3,814407196162119502046160425,016
Total20,9082,0531,0428405972351293341,03818827,364*
Total Attendances232,65923,7109,8139,1275,6201.9551,3302,8489,3021,702298,066
4. No. of "in-patient" days of Treatment54,4312,2422,1253,1743,0428927632711,01047368,423
6. No. of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given41,8943,8171,8351,8261,4094624144721,40544353,977

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*In addition, 901 cases were dealt with from " counties outside the scheme," the majority of which were merchant seamen from all parts of the world.
The total number of new patients dealt with at the Clinics for the year was therefore 27,364
901
28,265

Table: PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

Nature of Test.London.Middlesex.Essex.Surrey.Kent.Herts.Bucks.East Ham.West Ham.Croydon.All Districts.
For Practitioners.
For detection of spirochetes25414......1...1...36
For detection of gonococci1,02624540674131453231,467
For Wassermann re-action7,12429753721616431121212091678,878
Other examinations83...........................83
Total8,258546578287168441416621319010,464