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Croydon 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table V.Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treat ment Centre at Croydon General Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1944.

Table V.

Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treat ment Centre at Croydon General Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1944.

SyphilisSoft chancreGonorrhoeaNon-venereal or undiagnosed conditionTotals
MFMFMFMFMFTtls.
Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation4069--13483856125181
Number of cases removed from the register Muring any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection22--34--5611
Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from :— Syphilis primary(1151) 124------12416
„ secondary910------91019
„ latent in 1st year of infection-12-------1212
„ all later stages1510------151025
„ congenital2-------2810
Soft Chancre-----------
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection----(161)50135--50135185
„ later----5-(123)-5-5
Non-venereal conditions------139344139344483
Conditions remaining undiagnosed at 31st December-----------
4. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment for the same infection, or to have been under observation, at other Centres or Service Hospitals, or by General Practitioners approved under Ministry of Health Circular 222685--77-4151631
Totals of Items 1, 2, 3 and 488120--78194142356308670978
Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure or after diagnosis as non-venereal1540--38130134342187512699
Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from :— Syphilis, primary------------
,secondary-----------
, latent in 1st year of infection-2-------22
,, all later stages-----------
,, congenital-----------
Soft Chancre-----------
Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection----1---1--
later-----------
7. Number of cases which ceased to attend after completion of treatment but before final tests of cure-2---2---44
8. Number of cases tranferred to other Centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners135--72--202747
9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December6071--3240814100125225
Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 ... these totals should agree with those of Items 1 2. 3 and 4)88120--78194142356308670978