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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 1953
[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 | Ttls. | ||||||
| Totals of Items 5,6,7 and 8 (brought forward) | 19 | 25 | 77 | 5 | 446 | 122 | 542 | 152 | 694 | |||||
| 9. Number of patients transferred to other Centres or Institutions or to private practitioners | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 31 | |||||
| 10. Number of patients remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December | 46 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 47 | 24 | 124 | 66 | 190 | |||||
| Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 | 66 | 70 | 117 | 8 | 501 | 153 | 684 | 231 | 915 | |||||
| (These totals should agree with those of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4) 11. Number of patients included in Item 7 who (ailed to complete one course of treatment of either penicillin or of arsenic and bismuth and were suffering from:— | ||||||||||||||
| (o) Acquired syphilis of less than 1 year's duration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| (c) Congenital syphilis of less than 1 year' duration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 12. Number of attendances:— | ||||||||||||||
| 707 | 230 | 423 | 23 | 1887 | 264 | 3017 | 517 | 3534 | ||||||
| (6) for intermediate treatment, e.g., dressings, etc. | 618 | 1018 | 130 | 49 | 498 | 603 | 1246 | 1670 | 2916 | |||||
| Total Attendances | 1325 | 1248 | 553 | 72 | 2385 | 867 | 4263 2187 | 6450 | ||||||
| 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 patients suffering from congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age . | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 14. Pathological Work (a) Number of specimens examined at, and by the medical officer of, the Treatment Centre | Microscopical | Cultural | Serum | Cerebro. Spinal Fluid | Others | |||||||||
| for Syphilis | for O'n'rh. | for Syphilis Wr. & Kahn | for G'n'rh. | |||||||||||
| 5 | 742 | 385 | 941 | 488 | 51 | 57 | ||||||||
| — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Syphilis (less than 1 year) | Syphilis (more than 1 year) | Gonorrhoea | Other Conditions | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | P | |||||||
| 15. Contacts attending for examination through the agency of (15) Patients | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 20 | |||||||
| CO Health Visitor or Social Service Worker | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 88 | 34 | ||||||
| Totais | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 108 | 145 | ||||||