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Croydon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SECTION YI.—VENEREAL DISEASES.
Treatment is provided by the Corporation under two schemes :
(a) Clinic at Croyden General Hospital.
A Clinic, open on Wednesday afternoons for women and
children, and on Saturday afternoons for men, is held in a section
of the Outpatient Department of the Croydon General Hospital,
rented by the Corporation for this purpose.

Table: Particulars as to attendances are set out in the Appendix Table IX. The following data show the work of the Clinic during each of the years 1921-25: —

Particulars as to attendances are set out in the Appendix Table IX. The following data show the work of the Clinic during each of the years 1921-25: —

1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.
New male patients11710580101116
New female patients706389125156
Attendances, male patients22242425182617742713
Attendances, female patients103989810239821230

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(b) Clinics Provided Under the London Scheme.
Croydon is a party to the general London scheme, under
which clinics for the treatment of venereal disease are provided at
a large number of London hospitals, and at resident hostels, the
cost being apportioned among the ten County Councils and County
Borough Councils which share in the schema.

Table: I he particulars of attendances of Croydon patients under the general scheme from 1921 onwards are as follows: —

I he particulars of attendances of Croydon patients under the general scheme from 1921 onwards are as follows: —

1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.
New patients150153175163138
Total attendances20642304281628992648

Table: (c) Pathological Examinations.Pathological examinations were carried out at the laboratories of London hospitals for Croydon patients as follows: —

(c) Pathological Examinations.

Pathological examinations were carried out at the laboratories of London hospitals for Croydon patients as follows: —

1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.
Tests for Clinics?90S432551642
Tests for practitioners5472096128821069