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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Return relating to persons who were treated at the Croydon General Hospital Clinic, 1922, 1923, 1924. 1925, and 1926
| 1926. | 1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | 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 | 30 | 49 | 24 | 34 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 30 |
| Soft Chancre | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 60 | 34 | 57 | 26 | 44 | 32 | 40 | 20 | 53 | 13 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 50 | 109 | 35 | 96 | 25 | 51 | 16 | 35 | 20 | 20 |
| 141 | 192 | 116 | 156 | 101 | 125 | 80 | 89 | 105 | 63 | |
| Of these the number of patients from Croydon was | 178 | 222 | 121 | 80 | 88 | |||||
| Number of persons discharged from the outpatient Clinic after completion of treatment for:- | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | - | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 12 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 6 |
| Conditions other than Venereal ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 35 | 17 | 11 |
| 12 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 38 | 21 | |
| Number of persons who ceased to attend the out-patient Clinic without completing treatment or after completion of treatment but before final tests as to cure, and who were suffering from:— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 35 | 41 | 19 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 35 | 22 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | - | -_ | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 54 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 49 | 19 | 44 | 8 |
| Conditions other than Venereal | 50 | 109 | ... | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 |
| 339 | 173 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 34 | 79 | 62 | 84 | 39 | |
| Total attendances of all persons at the out patient Clinic who were suffering from:- | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | 578 | 892 | 554 | 626 | 498 | 601 | 609 | 647 | 685 | 657 |
| Soft Chancre | 3 | — | 9 | - | 45 | - | 27 | — | 16 | — |
| Gonorrhœa | 1674 | 248 | 2096 | 409 | 1186 | 284 | 1160 | 317 | 1683 | 173 |
| Not suffering from venereal disease | 105 | 211 | 54 | 195 | 45 | 97 | 30 | 59 | 41 | 68 |
| 2360 | 1351 | 2713 | 1230 | 1774 | 982 | 1826 | 1023 | 2425 | 898 | |
| Of these the following were the attendances of Croydon patients | 2753 | 2727 | 1735 | 1950 | 2408 | |||||
| Aggregate number of "in-patient days" of treatment given to persons suffering from:— | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | 211 | 214 | — | 52 | — | — | — | - |
| • Gonorrhœa | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| — | — | 211 | 243 | — | 52 | — | - | — | — | |
| Croydon "in patient" days | - | 287 | 52 | |||||||
| Number of persons treated with Salvarsan substitutes | 131 | 181 | 122 | 119 | 92 | 103 | 78 | 79 | 42 | 44 |
| Number of doses of Salvarsan substitutes given Croydon | 838 | 676 | 516 | 401 | 382 | |||||
| — | 552 | 268 | 185 | 190 | ||||||
| Examinations of pathological material:— | ||||||||||
| Specimens from persons attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for exim ination to an independent laboratory:- | ||||||||||
| For detection of spirochaetes | — | - | - | — | — | |||||
| ,, „ gonococci | 183 | 175 | 136 | 100 | 139 | |||||
| ,, Wassermann reaction | 313 | 274 | 258 | 187 | 266 | |||||
| ,, Others | - | — | — | - | - | |||||
| 496 | 449 | 394 | 287 | 405 | ||||||