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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 1947
[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:— | |||||||||||||||
| 4188 | 4531 | — | - | 2134 | 2169 | 2135 | 2848 | 8357 | 9548 | 17905 | |||||
| (b for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | 527 | 928 | — | - | 315 | 188 | 117 | 458 | 959 | 1574 | 2533 | ||||
| 4715 | 5459 | — | — | 2349 | 2357 | 2252 | 3306 | 9316 | 11122 | 20438 | |||||
| II. In-patients:— | |||||||||||||||
| (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 66 | 30 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 66 | 31 | 97 | ||||
| 66 | 40 | — | — | 24 | — | - | 66 | 64 | 130 | ||||||
| 12. Number of cases treated with penicillin | 51 | 53 | - | - | 144 | 57 | - | - | 195 | 110 | 305 | ||||
| 13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | 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. | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 14. Pathological Work. | Microscopical | Cultural for G'n'rh. | Serum | Cerebro spinal fluid | Others for diagnosis of Venereal Disease | ||||||||||
| for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | for Syphilis | for G'n'rh | ||||||||||||
| Number of specimens from patients attending at the Treatment Centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | 42 | 2572 | 2009 | W.R. 3126 | 887 | 95 | Kahn Test 3006 | ||||||||
Figures in brackets refer to Service Cases.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE SERVICES RENDERED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE DURING THE YEAR, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE AREAS IN WHICH THE PATIENTS RESIDED.
| 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 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item 3:— | |||||
| Syphilis | 63 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 107 |
| Soft Chancre | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gonorrhoea | 113 | 42 | 23 | 5 | 183 |
| Non-venereal and undiagnosed conditions | 1086 | 173 | 60 | 45 | 1364 |
| Total | 1262 | 240 | 98 | 54 | 1654 |
| B Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 13134 | 4690 | 1894 | 720 | 20438 |