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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 1948
[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 | 3956 | 5479 | - | — | 1099 | 920 | 2175 | 2699 | 7230 | 9098 | |
| (b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | 559 | 1068 | - | - | - | 29 | 179 | 823 | 738 | 1920 | |
| Total Attendances | 4515 | 6547 | - | — | 1099 | 949 | 2354 | 3522 | 7968 | 11018 | |
| 11. In-patients:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 69 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 32 | |
| (b) Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given | 69 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | 32 | |
| 12. Number of cases treated with penicillin | 52 | 67 | — | — | 60 | 21 | — | — | 112 | 8 | |
| 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. | ||
| 13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | — | — | - | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 1 | |
| Microscopical | Cultural for G'n'rh. | Serum | Cerebrospinal fluid | Others for diagnosis Venereal Diseases | |||||||
| for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | ||||||||
| 14. Pathological Work:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Number of specimens examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre | - | - | - | KAHN 1402 WR | GCFT | - | - | ||||
| (b) Number of specimens from patients attending at the Tre atment Centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | 20 | 1546 | 1094 | 1402 | 745 | 101 | — | ||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item3:— | |||||
| Syphilis | 47 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 84 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gonorrhoea | 45 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 77 |
| Non-venereal and undiagnosed conditions | 808 | 170 | 53 | 33 | 1064 |
| Total | 900 | 217 | 68 | 40 | 1225 |
| B. Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 12715 | 3929 | 1789 | 553 | 18986 |