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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Return relating to persons residing in the County Borough of Croydon who were treated at the Croydon General Hospital, 1920 and 1919.
| 1920. | 1919. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Number of persons dealt with at or in connection with the out-patient Clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from: — | ||||
| Syphilis and Gonorrhœa | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilis | 28 | 27 | — | 34 |
| Soft Chancre | 5 | - | - | - |
| Gonorrhœa | 40 | 25 | _ | 18 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 26 | 25 | — | 22 |
| 101 | 78 | — | 74 | |
| Number of persons discharged from the out-patient Clinic after completion of treatment for: — | ||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | — | 12 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | — | — |
| Gonorrhœa | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | — | 12 | |
| Number of persons who ceased to attend the outpatient Clinic without completing treatment and who were suffering from: — | ||||
| Syphilis | 9 | 15 | — | 4 |
| Sort Chancre | 3 | — | — | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 7 | 9 | — | 1 |
| 19 | 24 | — | 5 | |
| Total attendances of all persons at the out patient Clinic who were suffering from:— | ||||
| Syphilis | 225 | 491 | - | 339 |
| Soft Chancre | 29 | - | - | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 423 | 165 | - | 111 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 74 | 63 | — | 101 |
| 751 | 719 | — | 551 | |
| Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given to persons suffering from:— | ||||
| Syphilis | 20 | - | - | 67 |
| Gonorrhœa | - | — | — | - |
| 20 | — | — | 67 | |
| Number of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes | — | 9 | — | 21 |
| Number of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given | - | 154 | 91 | |
| Examinations of pathological material: — Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an independent laboratory :— | ||||
| For detection of spirochetes | - | - | - | _ |
| ,, ,, gonococci | _ | 33 | _ | 12 |
| ,, Wassermann reaction | — | 115 | — | 41 |
| ,, Others | — | — | — | 12 |
| — | 148 | — | 65 | |