Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE IV
SUMMARY OF WORK OF CLINIC SINCE ITS START.
Year | Total attended for treatment. | New cases attended | No. of sessions held | Av. attend. per session | No. given prim ary Schick | %Pos. on Primary Schick | No. given posterior Schick | No. Neg. on post. Schick | %Neg. on Post. Schick. | No. completed treatment. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | 509 | 509 | - | 36 | 389 | - | 185 | _ | - | 185 |
1935 | 1431 | 1151 | 97 | 58 | 634 | 76 | 781 | 766 | 98.8 | 781 |
1936 | 2285 | 1661 | 145 | 61 | 1215 | 78 | 1264 | 1254 | 99.2 | 1264 |
1937 | 1894 | 1286 | 122 | 58 | 1017 | 86 | 1222 | 1215 | 99.5 | 1222 |
1938 | 2049 | 1541 | 115 | 56 | 1208 | 69 | 1152 | 1140 | 98.9 | 1152 |
1939 | 1488 | 1020 | 61 | 63 | 593 | 76 | 678 | 671 | 93.9 | 1201 |
TABLE V.
SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES AND TREATMENT 1939.
Under Treatment 1.1.39. | Received T.A.M. | Received T.A.F. | Received A.P.T. | Defaulted | Given Primary Schick test. | No. Positive | % Posi tive. | No. not given Primary Schick. | Total new cases 1939. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
497 | 1 | 13 | 454 | 29 | 593 | 452 | 76 | 427 | 1020 |
1939 cases completed treatment. | Received T.A.M. | Received, T.A.F. | Received A.P.T. | No. given Post. Schick. | No. Neg. on Post. Schick. | % neg. on Post. Schick. | Total cases attended 1939. | Under treat ment 31.12.39 | Defaulted. |
733 | - | 9 | 724 | 272 | 271 | 99 | 1488 | 87 | 59 |
TABLE VI
ORIGIN AND SOURCE OF CASES ATTENDING.
1934 | 339 | 67 | 170 | 33 | ||
1935 | 944 | 66.6 | 265 | 18.7 | 208 | 14.7 |
1936 | 1620 | 74.8 | 310 | 14.3 | 237 | 10.9 |
1937 | 928 | 72.2 | 155 | 12.0 | 203 | 15.8 |
1938 | 1179 | 76.5 | 130 | 8.4 | 232 | 15.1 |
1939 | 704 | 69 | 225 | 22.0 | 91 | 9.0 |