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Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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138
SECTION YII.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
The scheme in operation in the Borough consists of the Clinics
held at the Croydon General Hospital. Males attend on Saturday
afternoons; women and children on Wednesday afternoons. An
additional Clinic was commenced during the year, on Thursday
evenings, for men.
The Clinic is conducted by Dr. P. W. Hamond, who is not
otherwise connected with the Health Department. Croydon is also
one of the participating authorities in the London County
Council's scheme, under which clinics for the treatment of
venereal diseases are provided at a large number of London
Hospitals, and at resident hostels; the cost being apportioned
among the ten participating authorities in the scheme on a basis
of user.

Table: Table LXIX. Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

Table LXIX. Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.
New male patients101116141145121101196a
New female patients Attendances, male12515619216015894171a
patients Attendances, female1774271323602643350235815050a
patients082123013511417163121273029a
a Includes 92 new cases from outside areas, who made 1914 attendances.

Table: Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme.

Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme.

19141925.1926.1927.1918.1929.1930.
New patients163138130132139131125
Total attendances2899264827673160308030893150

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Of the 125 new patients in 1930, 13 had syphilis, 1 soft
chancre, 56 gonorrhoea, and 55 were not suffering from venereal
disease.