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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 1941
[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 the individual attention of the medical officer(s) | (712) 1304 | 907 | - | - | (564) 960 | 192 | 183 | 364 | (1276) 2447 | 1463 | (1276) 3910 | |||
| (b) for the intermediate treatment e.g. irrigation dressing. | - | - | - | - | 576 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 596 | 45 | 641 | |||
| TOTAL ATTENDANCES | 1304 | 907 | - | - | 1536 | 202 | 203 | 399 | 3043 | 1503 | 4551 | |||
| 11. In Patients:- (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year i | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| (b) Aggregate number of in Patient days of treatment given | 80 | 4 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | 80 | 4 | 84 | |||
| Under | 1 Yr. | 1 & | under | 5 Yrs. | 5 & under | 15 | Yrs. | 15 Yrs. | &.c over | Tot als. | ||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||
| 12. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in item 3 above classified according to age periods. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Mi croscopical | ||||||||||||||
| for Syphilis | for Gonorrhoea | Others for diagnosis of Venereal Disease | ||||||||||||
| 13. Pathologi cal Work:- Number of specimens examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre. | - | - | - | |||||||||||
The figures in brackets refer to Service Cases.