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Croydon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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130
SECTION VII.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
No changes have been made in the Scheme as given in my
Report for 1930.

Table: Table I.Attendances at the Croydon Clinic during past10years.

Table I.

Attendances at the Croydon Clinic during past10years.

19281929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937
New male patients121101196263235242297287300395a
New female patients15894171205241214232213188184a
Attendances, male patients3502358150504923469145785858554875258610a
Attendances, female patients1632212730293271272426773962597752265405a

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a Includes 228 new cases and 5193 total attendances by patients from outside areas.

Table: Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme during past10years.

Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme during past10years.

1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.
New patients139131125139119134103132107128
Total attendances3080308931502384283524072222200625873407

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Of the 707 new patients in 1937, 87 had syphilis, 1 soft
chancre, 254 gonorrhoea, and 365 were not suffering from venereal
disease.

Table: Pathological Examinations at London Hospitals forCroydonPatients during the past10years.

Pathological Examinations at London Hospitals forCroydonPatients during the past10years.

1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.
Test for Clinics71692471582990085596810298101313
Tests for practitioners57093221973198168017751877222126132849