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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Return relating to all persons who were treated at the Treatment Centre at Croydon General Hospital during the year ended the 31st December, 1949.
| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed conditions | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Ttls. | |
| 1. Number of cases on 1st January under treatment or observation | 67 | 114 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 11 | 102 | 80 | 221 | 301 |
| 2. Number of cases removed from the register during any previous year which returned during the year under report for treatment or observation of the same infection | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 32 |
| 3. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report (exclusive of cases under Item 4) suffering from:— | |||||||||||
| Syphilis, primary | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| „ secondary | 7 | 4 | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| „ latent in 1 st year of infection | 2 | 5 | — | - | — | — | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| „ Nervous or Cardio-vascular | 4 | 5 | — | - | — | — | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| „ all later stages | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| „ congenital | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | ||
| Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection | — | — | — | 60 | 23 | - | — | 60 | 23 | 83 | |
| Any other conditions | — | — | — | __ | _ | 348 | 556 | 345 | 556 | 904 | |
| Conditions remaining undiagnosed at 31st December | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4. Number of cases dealt with for the first time during the year under report known to have received treatment for the same infection, or to have been under observation, at other Centres or Service Hospitals, or by General Practitioners approved under Ministry of Health Circular 2226 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Totals of Items 1, 2, 3 and 4 | 110 | 154 | — | — | 64 | 28 | 382! 668 | 556 | 850 | 1405 | |
| 5. Number of cases discharged after completion of treatment and final tests of cure or after diagnosis as non-venereal | 47 | 55 | - | - | 52 | 21 | 360 632 | 459 | 703 | 1167 | |
| 6.a Number of cases which ceased to attend before completion of treatment and were, on first attendance, suffering from:— | |||||||||||
| Syphilis, primary | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ |
| „ secondary | — | — | .— | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| „ latent in 1st year of infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| „ all later stages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| „ congenital | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ |
| Soft Chancre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gonorrhoea, 1st year of infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| „ later | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | __ | _ | - | ||
| 6.b Number of cases under treatment or observation which died | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| . Number of cases which ceased to attend after Completion °' treatment but before final tests of cure | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8. Number of cases tranferred to other Centres or to institutions, or to care of private practitioners | 10 | 9 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 9. Number of cases remaining under treatment or observation on 31st December | 52 | 87 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 75 | 124 | 199 |
| Totals of Items 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 | 110 | 154 | 64 | 28 | 382 | 668 | 556 | 850 | 1406 | ||
| These totals should agree with those of Items 1,2. 3 and 4) | |||||||||||