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Venereal Disease—Patients from the riverside
areas attend the Kent County Council Clinic at 22
Cobham Street, Gravesend, with whom Essex County
Council have an arrangement. Every inducement is
offered to patients, fares being paid for necessitous
cases. I am indebted to Dr. R. Erskine Gray, Medical
Officer at the Clinic, for the undermentioned figures.
These, although not divided into separate districts, are
illuminating.
Attendances.
M.
F.
Total.
For Medical Officer
7,943
2,012
9,955
Intermediate treatment
5,020
950
5,970
12,963
2,962
15,925
Essex contributed 20% of the new infection amongst
males, while 28% was estimated to have been contracted
abroad. Of the total new infections 55% gave history
of one or more previous infections.