Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART E AGE GROUPS OF NEW CASES
| SYPHILIS (lines A1 &A2) | GONORRHOEA (line B1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGE GROUP | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| 1 | Under 16 | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| 2 | 16 and 17 | - | 16 | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 18 and 19 | 1 | 1 | - | 43 | 20 | 23 |
| 4 | 20 to 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 83 | 52 | 31 |
| 5 | 25 and over | 7 | 5 | 2 | 159 | 122 | 37 |
| TOTAL LINES 1 TO 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 308 | 199 | 109 | |
| PART F LOCALITIES IN WHICH INFECTIONS TOOK PLACE | |||||||
| PRIMARY & SECONDARY SYPHILIS (Lines A1 and A2) | |||||||
| 1 | In locality of centre | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | Elsewhere in Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 3 | Outside Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | • | |||
| 4 | Not known | - | - | - | |||
| TOTAL OF LINES 1 TO 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| POST PUBERTAL GONORRHOEA (line B1) | |||||||
| 5 | In locality of centre | 250 | 168 | 82 | |||
| 6 | Elsewhere in Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Outside Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 12 | 12 | - | |||
| 8 | Not known | - | - | - | |||
| TOTAL LINES 5 TO 8 | 308 | 199 | 109 | ||||
| PART G CONTACT ACTION AND DIAGNOSIS | |||||||
| SYPHILIS | |||||||
| 1 | Contact action taken | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 2 | Contacts attending with syphilis | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| 3 | Contacts attending, syphilis not diagnosed | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| GONORRHOEA | |||||||
| 4 | Contact action taken | 204 | 163 | 41 | |||
| 5 | Contacts attending with gonorrhoea | 45 | 5 | 40 | |||
| 6 | Contacts attending, gonorrhoea not diagnosed | 11 | 4 | 7 | |||