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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 1920. The treatment of
male patients and arrangements for daily lavage have both been
provided during 1920 at Croydon General Hospital Clinic. The
increase in the number attending the local treatment centre is
principally due to this extension of the arrangements.
The total number of cases dealt with from Croydon In 1920
was 391, as against 262 in 1919, and 190 in 1918. The number
attending the clinics in London increased by 24; those attending
the local clinic increased by 105. The number of pathological
examinations made for private practitioners—1913 in 1920, as
against 1909 in 1919, and 45 in 1918—does not continue to sht.w
the increase which was characteristic of 1919,