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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed condition | Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Ttls | ||
| 10.Number of attendances | ||||||||||||
| (a) for individual attention of the medical officer and Penicillin, | 4863 | 5968 | 1 | — | 2425 | 2262 | 2251 | 1962 | 9540 | 10192 | 19732 | |
| (b)for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | — | — | — | — | 88 | 713 | 129 | 534 | 217 | 1247 | 1464 | |
| Total Attendances | 4863 | 5968 | 1 | — | 2513 | 2975 | 2380 | 2496 | 9757 | 11439 | 21l96 | |
| 11.In-patients:— | ||||||||||||
| (a)Total number of persons admitted for treatment during the year | 43 | 39 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 44 | 40 | 84 | |
| (b)Aggregate number of "in-patient days " of treatment given | 244 | 235 | - | - | 18 | 5 | — | — | 262 | 240 | 502 | |
| 12.Number of cases treated with penicillin | 51 | 65 | — | - | 176 | 7s | — | - | 227 | 143 | 370 | |
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years and over | Totals | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| 13. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Microscopical | Cultural for G'n'rh. | Serum | - Cerebrospinal fluid | Others for diagnosis Venereal Disease | ||||||||
| for Syphilis | for s G'n'rh. | for Syphilis | for G'n'rh | |||||||||
| Number of specimens from patients attending at the Treatment Centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | 31 | 2035 | 943 | 1692 | 1034 | 76 | 1406 | |||||
| Figures in brackets refer to Service Cases. | ||||||||||||
| Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | Croydon | Surrey | Kent | London | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item 3 :— | |||||
| Syphilis | 40 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 90 |
| Soft Chancre | 1 | — | - | - | 1 |
| Gonorrhoea | 160 | 69 | 50 | 30 | 309 |
| Non-venereal and undiagnosed conditions | 435 | 171 | 79 | 58 | 743 |
| Total | 636 | 270 | 145 | 92 | 1143 |
| B.Total number of attendances of all patients residing in each area | 12566 | 6127 | 1907 | 596 | 21196 |