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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed conditions. | Totals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Totals | |||
| 10. | Number of attendances (a) for individual attention of the medical officer(s) | 1592 | 1312 | 768 | 227 | 534 | 434 | 2894 | 1973 | 4867 | |||
| (b) for intermediate treatment, e.g. irrigation dressing | 3 | 1093 | 474 | 271 | 700 | 1364 | 1177 | 2541 | |||||
| TOTAL ATTENDANCES | 1592 | 1315 | 1861 | 701 | 805 | 1134 | 4258 | 3150 | 7408 | ||||
| 11 | In Patients:- | ||||||||||||
| (a) Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| (b) Aggregate number of in-patient" day of treatment given. | 5 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 33 | |||||||
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years end over | TOTALS | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||
| 12 | Number of cases of congenital syphilis in item 3 above classified according to age periods. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||||||
| 13 | Pathological Work:- | Microscopical | |||||||||||
| For Syphilis | For Gonorrhoea | ||||||||||||
| Number of specimens examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the treatment Centre | 3 | 8 | |||||||||||