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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Microscopical | Cultural | Serum | Cerebro. Sp i nal Fl ui d | Others | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| for Syphilis | for G'n' rh. | for Syphi1is W.R. A Kahn | for G * n * rh | |||||||||||
| 14. Pathological work:- | ||||||||||||||
| (a) Number of specimena examined at and by the medical officer of the traetment Centre | 7 | 663 | 445 | 693 | 370 | 14 | 10 | |||||||
| 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Syphi1i s (less than 1 year) | Syph i1i s (more than 1 year) | Gonorrhoea | Other Condi tions | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||||
| 15. Contacts attending for examination through the agency of:- | ||||||||||||||
| (*) Patients | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 16 | ||||||
| (b) Health vi si tor or soci al Service worker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| TOTALS | - | - | " | " | " | 4 | - | 16 | ||||||
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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 |
| Gonorrhoea | 31 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 59 |
| Other Conditions | 247 | 112 | 56 | 59 | 474 |
| 136 | 64 | 72 | 567 |
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
Very considerable use has been made of the facilities for
bacteriological and other laboratory examinations of Public
Health nature. I take this opportunity to thank the Director of
the County Hall, London laboratory, Dr. A.J.H. Tomlinson, for his
ready assistance and most helpful advice, which have been available
at all times.
The following figures show the work carried out during the
year under review:-
Samples submitted to the Pathological Laboratory for
Bacteriological Examination - 2954
Faeces outfits 1,864
Water samples 359
Milk samples 345
Ice Cream Samples 231
Sundry Food Specimens 32
Total 2,831