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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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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.

1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
New male patients101196263235242297287300395416
New female patients Attendances94171205241214232213188184257
male patients Attendances,3581505049234691457858585548752586107318
female patients2127302932712724267739625977522654055365
a Includes 325 new cases and 3632 total attendances by patients from outside areas. Attendances of Croydon Patients at various London Hospitals under the General Scheme during past 10 years.
1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
New patients131125139119134103132107128133
Total attendances -3089315023842835240722222006258734073299
Of the 806 new patients in 1938, 90 had syphilis, 245 gonorrhoea, and 467 were not suffering from venereal disease. Pathological Examinations at London Hospitals for Croydon Patients during the past 10 years.
1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.1934.1935.1936.1937.1938
Tests for Clinics924715829900855968102981013131172
Tests for practitioners932219731981680177518772221261328493603