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Croydon 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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151
SECTION VII.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
The scheme in operation in the Borough consists of the Clinics
held at the Croydon General Hospital. Males attend on Saturday
afternoons and Thursday evenings, women and children on Wednesday
afternoons.
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 LXXXI. Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

Table LXXXI. Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.192919301931.
New male patients101116141145121101196263a
New female patients12515619216015894171205 a
Attendances, male patients177427 3236026433502358150504923a
Attendances, female patients0821230135114171632212730293271a

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a Includes 103 new cases from outside areas, who made 1799 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.

1924.1925.1926.1927.1928.1929.19301931
New patients163138130132139131125139
Total attendances28902648276731603080308931502384

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Of the 139 new patients in 1931, 24 had syphilis, 1 soft
chancre, 28 gonorrhoea, and 86 were not suffering from venereal
disease.