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Croydon 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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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. Irrigation facilities are available daily.
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 I.Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

Table I.

Attendances at the Croydon Clinic.

1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.
New male patients141145121101196263235242297287a
New female patients19216015894171205241214232213a
Attendances, male patients236026433502358150549234691457858585548a
Attendances, female patients1351141716322127302932712724267739625977a

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a Includes 236 new cases and 4850 total attendances by patients from outside areas.

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.

1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.
New patients130132139131125139119134103132
Total attendances2767316030803089315023842835240722222006