Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Suffering from syphilis | — | 18 | — | 35 | — | 50 | — | 196 | — | 299 |
| „ soft chancre | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ gonorrhœa | — | 20 | — | 23 | — | 9 | — | 23 | — | 75 |
| Not found to be suffering from venereal disease | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 26 | — | 27 |
| — | 38 | — | 58 | — | 60 | — | 245 | — | 401 | |
| Aggregate number of " In-patient days " of treatment given to persons suffering from— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | — | 71 | — | — | — | 63 | — | 169 | — | 303 |
| Gonorrhœa | — | 58 | — | 59 | — | 17 | — | 143 | — | 277 |
| — | 129 | — | 59 | — | 80 | — | 312 | — | 580 | |
| Number of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 13 |
| Number of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 43 | — | 56 |
| Examinations of Pathological material— | ||||||||||
| (a) Speciments from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were examined at this Centre— For detection of spirochetes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ,, „ gonococci | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ Wassermann reaction | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| (b) Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment centre which were sent for examination to an independent laboratory— | ||||||||||
| For detection of spirochetes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ „ gonococci | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 9 | — | 13 |
| „ Wassermann reaction | — | 7 | — | 4 | — | 9 | — | 31 | — | 51 |
| Others | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 7 |
| — | 7 | — | 6 | — | 11 | — | 47 | — | 71 |