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Croydon 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VENEREAL DISEASES.
Return relating to persons who were treated at the Croydon Genera' Hospital, 1921 and 1920.
| 1921. | 1920. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Number of persons dealt with at or in connection with the out-patient Clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from: - | ||||
| Syphilis and Gonorrhoea | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Syphilis | 48 | 31 | 28 | 27 |
| Soft Chancre | 2 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Gonorrhoea | 49 | 19 | 40 | 25 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 16 | 19 | 26 | 25 |
| 117 | 70 | 101 | 78 | |
| Number of persons discharged from the out-patient Clinic after completion of treatment for: - | ||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft Chancre | - | - | - | - |
| Gonorrhoea | 8 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Number of persons who ceased to attend the outpatient Clinic without completing treatment or after completion of treatment but before final tests as to cure, and who were suffering from:- | ||||
| Syphilis | 21 | 27 | 9 | 15 |
| Soft Chancre | 4 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Gonorrhœa | 34 | 25 | 7 | 9 |
| 59 | 53 | 19 | 24 | |
| Total attendances of all persons at the out patient Clinic who were sulfering from:- | ||||
| Syphilis | 739 | 692 | 225 | 491 |
| Soft Chancre | 3 | 11 | 29 | - |
| Gonorrhoea | 1441 | 268 | 423 | 165 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 41 | 68 | 74 | 63 |
| 2224 | 1039 | 751 | 719 | |
| Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given to persons suffering from:- | ||||
| Syphilis | 32 | - | 20 | - |
| Gonorrhcea | - | - | - | - |
| 32 | - | 20 | - | |
| Number of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes | 59 | 48 | - | 9 |
| Number of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given | 370 | 154 | ||
| Examinations of pathological material:- | ||||
| Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an independent laboratory:- | ||||
| For detection of spirochetes | - | - | ||
| „ „ gonococci | 162 | 33 | ||
| „ Wassermann reaction | 250 | 115 | ||
| „ Others | - | - | ||
| 412 | 148 | |||