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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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Venereal Disease
Gonorrhoea - Total cases 4
Transferred to Borough V.D.Clinic 4
Syphilis - Total cases 4
Transferred to Borough V.D.Clinic 4
These cases are delivered in Mayday Hospital in Isolation Wards,
and transferred to the Borough V.D. Clinic on discharge.
Midvwives Casos.
These cases may bo summarised as follows
Total number of .midwives cases during 1940 241
Number of cases sent for one consultation only 72
Number of cases supervised entiroly 169
Special Investigations
Special investigations were carried out on ante-natal patients attending the Clinics and on patients in St. Mary's Maternity Hospital and Mayday Hospital Maternity Wards.
| Pathological Investigations. | |
|---|---|
| Blood for Wassermann | 97 |
| Blood for Kahn Reaction | 48 |
| Blood for Gonococcus Fixation Test | 40 |
| Blood for Grouping | 64 |
| Blood for Culture | 13 |
| Blood for Urea Content | 52 |
| Blood for Widals | 2 |
| Blood for Coll Count, etc. | 81 |
| Catheter urine for Routino Examination | 533 |
| Urine for Aschheim-Zondek Test | 60 |
| Urine for Urea Concentration Tost | 432 |
| Lochia for Culture | 24 |
| Sputum fox" examination | 10 |
| Pus for identification of Organism | 17 |
| Urethral smears for Gonococci, etc. | 20 |
| Corvical smears for Gonococci, etc. | 41 |
| Conjunctival smears | 43 |
| Histological sections | 101 |
| Van den Burgh | 5 |
| Throat Swabs for Organisms | 83 |
| Faece3 for Occult Blood etc. | 5 |
| Blood for other estimation | 8 |
| Blood for Hb Estimation | 201 |
| Pleural Fluid | 2 |
| Urine for T.B. | 1 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fluid | 2 |
| Breast Milk | 2 |
| Urine for Methaomoglobin | 1 |
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X-Ray Examinations (Mayday Hospital X-Ray Department)
184 cases were referred from Ante-natal Clinics and 391 films
were used. Reasons for reference were:-
Breech for attitude etc. 26
For presentation, attitude etc. 52
Twins 50
Foetal death 2
" parts 19
Disproportion 21
Others 14