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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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| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed condition | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||
| 10. Number of attendances:— (a) for individual attention of the medical officer | 2606 | 4907 | - | - | 352 | 122 | 2212 | 2744 | 5470 | 7773 | ||||
| (b) for intermediate treatment, e.g., irrigation, dressing | 756 | 980 | — | — | - | 57 | 287 | 598 | 1043 | 1635 | ||||
| Total Attendances | 3652 | 58s7 | — | — | 352 | 176 | 2496 | 3342 | 6513 | 9408 | ||||
| 11. Number of cases of congenital syphilis in Item 3 above classified according to age periods | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 years and over | Total | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | ||||||
| — | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| 12. Pathological Work:— (a) Number of specimens examined at, and by the Medical Officer of, the Treatment Centre | Microscopical | Cultural for G'n'rh. | Serum | Cerebro spinal fluid | Other diaga Ve Di | |||||||||
| for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | for Syphilis | for G'n'rh. | |||||||||||
| - | - | - | WR& KAHN | GCFT | - | - | ||||||||
| (b) Number of specimens from patients attending at the Treatment Centre sent for examination to an approved laboratory | 14 | 1611 | 1711 | 2028 | 617 | 70 | - | |||||||
| 13. Contacts attending for examination through the agency of:— (a) Patients | Syphi is (less than 1 year) | Syphilis (more than 1 year) | Gonorrhoea | other Condision | ||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | ||||||||
| - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||
| (b) Health Visitor or Social Service Worker, Sister-in-Charge | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |||||||
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36 | |||||||
STATEMENT SHOWING THE SERVICES RENDERED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE DURING Till YEAR, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE AREAS IN WHICH THE PATIENTS RESIDED.
| 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 | Lonhon | Til |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Number of cases from each area included under the following headings in Item 3 :— | |||||
| Syphilis | 34 | 17 | 12 | 0 | |
| Soft Chancre | — | — | — | — | |
| Gonorrhoea | 51 | 21 | 6 | 5 | |
| Non-venereal and undiagnosed conditions | 707 | 121 | 43 | 34 | a |
| Total | 792 | 159 | 61 | 44 | i« |