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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non venereal or undiagnosed conditions | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Totals | |
| 10. Number of attendances (a) for individual attention of the medical officer(s) | 1256 | 1056 | - | - | 442 | 77 | 407 | 354 | 2105 | 1487 | 3592 |
| (b) for intermediate treatment, e.g. irrigation dressing | - | - | - | - | 6l6 | 45 | 275 | 240 | 891 | 285 | 1176 |
| TOTAL ATTENDANCES | 1256 | 1056 | - | - | 1058 | 122 | 682 | 594 | 2996 | 1772 | 4768 |
| 11. In Patients:- | |||||||||||
| (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| (b) Aggregate number of in patient days of treatment given | 79 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 79 | 17 | 96 |
| 12. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in item 3 above classified according to age periods. | Under 1 Yr. | 1 & under 5 yrs. | 5 & under 15 yrs | 15 vrs & over. | Totals | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13. Pathological Work:- Number of specimens examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre. | Microscopical | Others for diagnosis of Venereal Disease - | |||||||||
| for Syphilis - | for Gonorrhoea - | ||||||||||