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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SECTION VI.—VENEREAL DISEASES.
Treatment is provided by the Corporation under two schemes.
(a) Clinic at Croydon General Hospital.
A clinic, open on Wednesday afternoons for women and
children, and on Saturday afternoons for men, is held in a section
or the Out-patient Department of the Croydon General Hospital,
rented by the Corporation for this purpose.
Particulars as to attendances are set out in the Appendix.

Table: Table IX. The following data show the work of the clinic during each of the years 1922-26 :—

Table IX. The following data show the work of the clinic during each of the years 1922-26 :—

1922.1923.1924.19251926.
New male patients10580101116141
New female patients6389125156178
Attendances, male patients24251826177427132360
Attendances, female patients898102398212301351

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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 veneral 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 scheme.

Table: The particulars of attendances of Croydon patients under the general scheme from 1922 onwards are as follows:—

The particulars of attendances of Croydon patients under the general scheme from 1922 onwards are as follows:—

1922.I9231924.1925.1926.
New patients153175163138130
Total attendances23042816289926482767

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:—

1922.19231924.1925.1926.
Tests for Clinics908432551642542
Tests lot practitioners2096128821069799