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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TotalsMalesFemales
(1) PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SYPHILIS
(i) In locality of Centre1-1
(ii) Elsewhere in Great Britain and Northern Ireland22-
(iii) Outside Great Britain and Northern Ireland11-
(iv) Not Known---
(2) GONORRHOEA
(i) In locality of Centre936924
(ii) Elsewhere in Great Britain and Northern Ireland23185
(Hi) Outside Great Britain and Northern Ireland66-
(iv) Not known291712
14. Attendances and Diagnoses of Contacts
(1) Contact slips issued to patients with
(i) Syphilis, primary and secondary431
(ii) Gonorrhoea92893
(2) Contacts attending with
(i) Syphilis, primary and secondary---
(ii) Gonorrhoea32131
(iii) Other conditions52448
15. Total Attendances of All Patients
(if Syphilis595289306
(ii) Gonorrhoea679475204
(iii) Other conditions2,7721,7541,018
(iv) ALL CONDITIONS (TOTAL OF 15 (i) (ii) and (iii)4,0472,5191,528
16. Cultures for the Gonococcus1,04061,034

Table: Services Rendered at the Treatment Centre during the Year showing the Areas in which Patients dealt with for the First Time (Items 1, 5 and 9) resided.

Services Rendered at the Treatment Centre during the Year showing the Areas in which Patients dealt with for the First Time (Items 1, 5 and 9) resided.

Name of Local Health AuthorityNumber of new cases in year
SyphilisGonorrhoeaOther ConditionsTotals
Croydon26110626762
Bromley1104455
Lambeth-51722
Merton-21012
Sutton-52631
Kent-156
Surrey165966
Others-123951
Totals (to agree with Items 1, 5 and 9)281518261,005