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VENEREAL DISEASES
As judged by first attendances at the special Clinic at the
Croydon General Hospital, the unusual trend observed since 1952
continued. Syphilis was disappearing, but gonorrhoea increasing.
In the past, these two infections have waxed and waned together
indicating alterations in sexual promiscuity, which rises in
times of war and falls when peace returns. Some new factor has
therefore arisen to influence this age old pattern on which it
is possible but unhelpful to speculate.
For detailed figures see appendices, pages 131-134.
PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE
Very considerable use has been made of the facilities for
bacteriological and other laboratory examinations of Public
Health nature. I take this opportunity to thank Dr. A.J.H.
Tomlinson, the Director of the Bacteriological Laboratory, County
Hall, S.E.1, for his ready assistance and most helpful advice,
which have been available at all times.
The following figures show the work carried out during the
year under review:-