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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed condition | Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Ttls. | ||
| 10. Number of attendances:- | ||||||||||||
| (a) for individual attention of the medical officer(s) | (1489) | 939 | — | — | (1164) | 289 | (74) | 349 | (2727) | 1577 | (2727) | |
| 635 | 332 | 166 | 1133 | 2710 | ||||||||
| (b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigtion, dressing | — | - | — | — | 72 | 6 | — | 2 | 72 | 8 | 80 | |
| Total Attendances | 2124 | 939 | — | — | 1568 | 295 | 240 | 351 | 3932 | 1585 | 5517 | |
| 11. In-patients:— | ||||||||||||
| (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| (b) Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | - | 32 | |
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years and over | Totals | ||||||||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Microscopical. | Others for diagnosis of Venereal Disease | |||||||||||
| for Syphilis | for Gonorrhoea | |||||||||||
| 13. Pathological Word:- Number of specimens examined at, and by the medical officer of, the Treatment Centre | — | — | - | |||||||||
| Figures in brackets refer to Service Cases. | ||||||||||||
| Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | Croydon | Surrey | Kent | London | Forces | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item 3:— | ||||||
| Syphilis | 20 | 20 | 2 | 1 | — | 43 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonorrhoea | 40 | 82 | 5 | 5 | — | 132 |
| Non-venereal and undiagnosed conditions | 120 | 145 | 4 | 6 | — | 275 |
| Total | 180 | 247 | 11 | 12 | — | 450 |
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 1353 | 1268 | 94 | 75 | 2727 | 5517 |