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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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SyphilisSoft ChancreGonorrhoeaConditions other than venerealTotals
MFMFMFMFMFTtls
12. In-patients(a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year21......4.........617
(b) Aggregate number of " in-patient days" of treatment given539......97.........1509159
13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periodsUnder 1 year1 and under5 years5 and under 15 years15 years and overTotals
MFMFMFMFMF
............245276
Arsenobenzene CompoundsMercuryBismuth
14. Chief preparations used in treatment of Syphilis : (s) Names of preparationsNovarsenobenzene Stabilarsan Sulpha rsenobenzenePil. Hyd.Bismostab
(>) Total number of injections given (outpatients and in-patients)840...613
(c) Number of injections included in (p) given to patients who on first attendance at this Centre were suffering from primary and secondary syphilis313...278
15. Art the tests recommended in Memo. V21 as amended by Memo. V2U followed in deciding as to the discharge of the patient after treatment and observation for syphilis and gonorrhoea ? Yes.
K. Pathological Work(a) Number of specimens examined at and by the medical officer of the treatment centre W Number of specimens from patients attending at the centre sent for examination to an approved laboratoryMicroscopicalSerum Tests
for spirochetesfor gonococciWasser- ] mannOthersfor Syphilisfor Gonorrhoea
5............
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