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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VENEREAL DISEASES
| Totals | Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYPHILIS | 1. Patients under treatment or observation on January 1st | 45 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2. Patients removed from the Register in previous years who returned during the year for treatment or observation of the same condition | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| 3. Patients transferred from other centres after diagnosis | - | - | - | ||
| 4. Patients dealt with for the first time (excluding 2 and 3 suffering from:- | (Syphilis, primary | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1 | - | 1 | |||
| ( ,, cardio-vascular ( of the nervous ( system | - | - | - | ||
| (All other late or latent (stages | 19 | 8 | 11 | ||
| (Syphilis congenital:-(aged under 1 year | _ | - | - | ||
| (Syphilis congenital:-(aged 1 but under 5 | _ | - | - | ||
| (Syphilis congenital:-(aged 5 but under 15 | - | - | - | ||
| (Syphilis congenital:-(aged 15 and over | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 25 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 5. Patients completing treatment and/or observation | 18 | 15 | 3 | ||
| 6. Patients transferred elsewhere | - | - | |||
| 7. Patients not completing treatment and/or observation | _ | - | - | ||
| 8. Patients under treatment or observation on December 31st (should equal Items 1 to 4 less Items 5 to 7) | 54 | 33 | 21 | ||
| GONORRHOEA | 9. Patients under treatment or observation on January 1st | 12 | 11 | 1 | |
| 10. Patients removed from the register in previous years who returned during the year for treatment or observation of the same condition | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| 11. Patients transferred from other centres after diagnosis | - | - | - | ||
| 12. Patients dealt with for the first time (excluding Items 10 and 11) | 115 | 85 | 30 | ||
| 13. Patients completing treatment and/or observation | 88 | 74 | 14 | ||
| 14. Patients transferred elsewhere | - | - | - | ||
| 15. Patients not completing treatment and/or observation | 15 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 16. Patients under treatment or observation on December 31st (should equal Items 9 to 12 less Items 13 to 15) | 26 | 12 | 14 | ||