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Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table LXXII.Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treat ment Centre at Croydon General Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1930.

Table LXXII.

Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treat ment Centre at Croydon General Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1930.

Number of cases which-Syphilis,soft Chancre.Gonorrhœa.Conditions other than VenerealTotal
M.F.M.F.MF.M.F.M.F.
(a)at the beginning of the year under report were under treatment or observation for6574......10869......173143
(b)had been marked off in a previous year as having ceased to attend or as transferred to other Centres, and which returned to the Treatment Centre during the year under report suffering from the same infection12......74......86
Total—Items 1(a) and 1 (b)6676......11573......181149
(a).Number of cases dealt with at the Treatment Centre during the year for the first time with infections of-
1. less than one year's standing3026......132592981191166
2. more than one year's standing3.........25......55
Total—Items 1 (a), 1 (6) and 2 (a)99102......2491372981377320
(b)Number of cases included in Item 2 (a) known to have received previous treat-ment at other Centres for the same infection66......1614......2220
Number of cases which ceased to attend— (a) before completing the first coarse of treatment for57......1011......1518
(b) after one or more courses but before completion of treatment for2.....................2...
(c) after completion of treatment, but before final tests as to cure of..............................
Number of cases transferred to other treatment Centres after treatment fo2.........75......95
Number of cases discharged after com-pletion of treatment and observation for............2410......2410
Number of cases which, at the end of the year under report, were under treatment or observation for9095......208111......298206
Total—Items 3, 4, 5, and 699102......249137......348239
Out patient attendances— (a) For individual attention by the Medical Officer1058767......12527356712823771630
(b) For intermediate treatment, i.g., irrigation, drassings, etc.4537......26181340102226731399
total attendances1103804......387020757715050503029
Aggregate number of "In-patient days" of treatment given to persons who were suffering from..............................
For detection ofFor Wassermann Reaction.
SpirochetesGonococci.Other Organisms.
Examination of Pathological material-
(a) Specimens which were examined at, and by the Medical Officer of,the Treatment Center............
(b) Specimens from person attending at the Treatment Centre which were sent for examination to an approved laboratory...494...279