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SECTION VI.—VENEREAL DISEASES.
Treatment is provided by the Council under two schemes:—
(a) Clinic at Croydon General Hospital.
A clinic for the treatment of women was opened in 1918, and
was extended to include treatment for men in 1920. The clinic is
held in a section of the Out-patient Department, rented by the
Council for this purpose. The accommodation consists of a waiting
room, an enquiry room, an examination and treatment room,
and an irrigation annexe.
Two afternoon sessions are held each week—one for women
and children on Wednesday afternoons, the other for men on
Saturday afternoons.
Particulars as to the number of new patients, attendances, etc.,
are set out in Table IX. in the Appendix. It will be seen that the
number of new male patients increased from 80 in 1923 to 101 in
1924, while the number of female patients increased from 89 to 125.
The number of attendances of men dropped from 1,826 in 1923 to
1,774 in 1924; that of women dropped from 1,023 to 982.
(b) Clinics provided under the London scheme.
Croydon is a party to the general London scheme, under which
clinics for the treatment of venereal diseases are provided at 28
London hospitals, the cost being apportioned among the ten
County Councils and County Borough Councils which share in
the scheme.
The number of new Croydon patients who attended London
clinics during the year was 163, as against 175 in 1923; and the
attendances of Croydon patients increased to 2,899, as compared
with 2,816 in 1923. Particulars as to the work done in 1924 and a
comparison with the work done in each of the years 1917 to 1923
are given in Tables X and X (a) in the Appendix.
(c) Pathological examinations.
During the year, 551 pathological examinations were made in
respect of patients attending Clinics for diagnosis or treatment,
while 882 examinations were made of specimens submitted by
medical practitioners for diagnosis.