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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Hospital. | Cases seen for the first time. | Conditions other than venereal | Total No. of Attendances. | Aggregate No. of Inpatient Days. | No. of doses of N.A.B. compounds. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis. | Gonorrhoea. | Soft Chancre. | |||||
| St. Thomas's | 4 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 1386 | ... | No Information |
| Guy's | 4 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 781 | ... | |
| King's College | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | 114 | ... | |
| Great Ormond Street | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 26 | 51 | |
| Royal Free | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 16 | ... | |
| South London Hospital for Women | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 159 | ... | |
| Whitechapel Clinic (L.C.C.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78 | ... | |
| St. Paul's | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 20 | ... | |
| Seamen's | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | |
| Total | 12 | 29 | 2 | 64 | 2587 | 51 | — |
| Hospital. | Detection of Spirochetes. | Detection of Gonococci. | Wassermann Re-action. | Other Exams. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Clinic. | For Prac. | For Clinic. | For Prac. | For Clinic. | For Prac. | For Clinic. | For Prac. | ||
| St. Thomas's | 1 | ... | 122 | ... | 100 | ... | 105 | ... | 328 |
| Great Ormond Street | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| South London Hospital for Women | ... | ... | 89 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ... | 118 |
| Royal Free | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 8 |
| King's College | ... | ... | 1 | 25 | ... | ... | 26 | ||
| Whitechapel Clinic, L.C.C. | ... | ... | 25 | ... | 6 | ... | 11 | ... | 42 |
| Westminster Hospital | ... | ••• | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Guy's Hospital | ... | ... | 159 | 902 | 49 | 660 | 76 | 1023 | 2869 |
| St. Paul's | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Seamen's | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Total | 1 | ... | 407 | 920 | 196 | 668 | 206 | 1025 | 3423 |