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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VENEREAL DISEASES
| Totals | Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GONORRHOEA SYPHILIS | 1. Patients under treatment or observation on January 1st | 82 | 40 | 42 | |
| 2. Patients removed from the Register in previous years who returned during the year for treatment or observation of the same condition | - | . | . | ||
| 3. Patients transferred from other centres after diagnosis | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4. Patients dealt with for the first tine (excluding 2 and 3) suffering from: - | Syphilis, primary | - | - | - | |
| „ secondary | _ | - | - | ||
| „ latent in the 1st year of Infection | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| „ cardio-vascular | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| „ of the nervous system | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| ;All other late or latent stages | 11 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Syphilis congenital: aged under 1 year | - | - | _ | ||
| Syphilis congenital: aged 1 but under 5 | _ | - | . | ||
| Syphilis congenital: aged 5 but under 15 | _ | - | . | ||
| Syphilis congenital: aged 15 and over | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| TOTAL 1 ten 4 | 24 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 5. Patients completing treatment and/or observatior | 29 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 6. Patients transferred elsewhere | 3 | 3 | - | ||
| 7. Patients not completing treatment and/or observation | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| 8. Patients under treatment or observation on December 31st (should equal Items 1 to 4 less I terns 5 to 7) | 76 | 39 | 37 | ||
| 9. Patients under treatment or observation on January 1st | 17 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 10. Patients removed from the register in previous years who returned during the year for treatment or observation, of the sane condition | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| 11. Patients transferred from other centres after diagnosis . | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12. Patients dealt with for the first time (excluding Items 10 and 11) | 64 | 51 | 13 | ||
| 13. Patients completing treatment and/or observation | 56 | 42 | 14 | ||
| 14. Patients transferred elsewhere | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| 15. Patients not completing treatment and/or observation | 14 | 11 | 3 | ||
| 16. Patients under treatment or observation on December 31st (should equal Items 9 to 12 less 11ems 13 to 15) | 14 | 9 | 5 | ||