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1948, the number of males and females having declined by as much as 20 per cent.
and 30 per cent. respectively. The number of non-venereal patients was, however,
still very large. This has been a noticeable feature of the work done at the clinics
since the end of the war and is due undoubtedly to public enlightenment on the
subject.
The graphs reproduced below show the incidence of early syphilis in London
among persons attending V.D. clinics in the past eleven years compared with the
estimated population.
They do not take into account any other patients, treated by general
practitioners, of whom no statistics are available but it may be that attendance at
the clinics follows the general trend in the total incidence of this disease.