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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Totals of Items 5, 6, 7 and 8 (brought forward) | 22 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 409 | 218 | 452 | 256 |
| 9. Number of patients transferred to other Centres or Institutions or to private practitioners | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| 10. Number of patients remaining under treatment or observation on 31 st December | 35 | 50 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 69 | 82 |
| Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 | 60 | 90 | 47 | 4 | 422 | 251 | 529 | 345 |
| (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4) | ||||||||
| 11. Number of patients included in Item 7 who failed to complete one course of treatment of either penicillin or of arsenic and bismuth and were suffering from:— | ||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| (d) Congenital syphilis of more than 1 year's duration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12. Number of attendances:— | ||||||||
| (a) for individual attention by the medical officers | 887 | 408 | 313 | 12 | 1521 | 434 | 2721 | 854 |
| 490 | 728 | 17 | 3 | 142 | 486 | 649 | 1217 | |
| Total Attendances | 1377 | 1136 | 330 | 15 | 1663 | 920 | 3370 | 2071 |
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| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years and over | Tom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | |
| 13. Number of patients suffering from congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 |
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| Microscopical | Cultural | Serum | Cerebro. Spinal Fluid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | for Syphilis Wr. & Kahn | for G'n'rh. | |||
| 14. Pathological Work :— (a) Number of specimens examined at, and by the medical officer of, the Treatment Centre | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Number of specimens from patients at the Treatment Centre sent to a pathological laboratory | 6 | 718 | 331 | 857 | 376 | 42 |
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| Syphilis (less than 1 year) | Syphilis (more than 1 year) | Gonorrhoea | Other Condition | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | |
| 15. Contacts attending for examination through the agency of :— | |||||||
| — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 28 | |
| 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | ||
| Totals | 1 | — | 11 | 4 | 5 | — | |