Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Health to 30th June, 1932 / Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Public Health
Date:
1932
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Health to 30th June, 1932 / Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ages op Persons Notified in Sex Groups and Under Disease Headings. Ages. Gon. Opth. Neon. Syph. S( Sy 5C. ph. Tert. Sypli. Coi Sy] ig. ih. Gon.and Syph. Soft Chancre. UI Gn c. m. Ven. Warts. Totals. Grand Totals. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. 1 F. M. F. M. F. m: F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Unknown or unobtainable 18 10 4 4 1 2 2 3 4 28 20 48 lyeai;.. 1 2 1 . . 2 2 4 4 8 2 years 2 . . . , 7 6 7 8 15 3 years . . 1 9 16 9 17 26 4 years . . 2 8 10 8 12 20 5-10 years .. 2 17 . • 83 101 85 118 203 11-15 years .. ., 6 i 30 28 31 34 65 16-20 years .. 101 69 5 io i i 6 2 2 3 i 1 , , 2 118 86 204 21-25 years 269 83 17 12 4 l 2 4 2 3 1 294 104 398 26-30 years .. 197 47 18 8 3 2 3 7 2 1 1 i. 224 66 290 31-35 years 158 18 14 2 4 1 5 10 1 i ■2 1 184 33 217 36-40 years .. 75 17 13 5 1 13 10 2 3 , , 107 32 139 41-45 years 40 4 11 2 1 9 10 61 16 77 46-50 years .. 26 2 8 11 3 2 47 5 52 51-55 years 13 2 5 1 1 1 12 3 31 7 38 56 years and 1 over .. 18 2 3 2 •• 15 1 1 36 5 41 Totals 917 283 2 1 98 46 16 6 79 52 147 170 7 7 2 3 1 3 l 1,274 567 1,841 Grand Totals 1,200 3 144 22 131 317 14 2 4 4 1,841 1,841 Monthly Incidence of Cases Notified in Sex Groups and under Disease Headings, 1931-1932. Month. Gon. Opth. Neon. Syph. Se Syi c. )h. Tort. Syph. Cong. Syph. Gon. and Syph. Soft Chan. Ulc. Gran. Ven. Warts. Totals. 03 ro’c3 p Monthly incidence of V. D. notified. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. ' M. F. M.-F. July— ♦Metropolitan 37 12 . , 9 2 1 46 15 61 \ mi Outside 30 4 , . 6 2 1 37 6 43 August—• . Metropolitan 42 14 6 1 1 49 15 64 \ 11 n Outside 32 7 5 1 1 38 8 46 September— Metropolitan 45 20 , , 5 2 1 . . 1 54 20 74 \ 197 Outside 35 8 5 3 1 1 41 12 53 October— Metropolitan 53 9 , . 5 2 58 11 69 \ 117 Outside 32 8 4 2 1 1 38 10 48 / 117 November— Metropolitan 34 25 2 1 1 1 1 1 39 27 66 \ lift Outside 37 8 4 1 41 9 50 December— Metropolitan 53 21 7 7 3 1 4 ■2 135 152 2 204 183 387 Outside 42 13 2 5 1 3 • • 1 1 1 50 19 69 1932. January— Metropolitan 61 17 1 12 4 1 4 4 3 5 , , 1 80 33 113 \ i Outside 32 3 3 1 1 36 4 40 February— Metropolitan 50 19 1 2 • . 3 21 14 4 7 2 76 47 123 \ Outside 16 7 1 1 18 7 25 March— Metropolitan 43 18 , , 4 3 1 17 11 2 O G 67 35 102 \ i an Outside 46 15 1 1 1 49 15 64 April— Metropolitan 36 9 . . 3 1 1 1 S 4 # , 1 2 49 17 66 \ i in Outside 35 7 1 1 36 8 44 May— • Metropolitan 33 12 2 5 1 2 4 1 2 47 15 62 I 1ft7 Outside 28 8 1 1 3 4 32 13 45 June—■ Metropolitan 46 19 . . 6 5 2 , . 10 6 1 2 , . 67 30 97 \ 127 Outside 19 1 1 2 6 i 22 8 30 Totals—- Metropolitan 533 195 2 1 65 29 12 6 69 42 146 169 5 6 1 3 , . 836 448 1,284 \ 1 «d1 Outside 384 88 33 17 4 10 10 1 1 2 1 ]. 1 1 438 119 557 Totals 917 283 2 1 98 46 16 6 79 52 147 170 7 7 2 3 1 3 1 1,274 567 1,841 Grand Totals 1,200 3 . 144 22 1 131 317 14 2 4 4 1, 841 It will be seen that attendances at the Male clinic have shown a steady increase since 1927 till the last twelve months, when there was a slight decrease. By comparison the Female clinic figures show a marked increase for the past twelve months. The reason for the latter fact is that we have not been content to wait for cases but have actively sought them out, particularly during the last six months. Whether the decrease in male figures can be attributed to a better clearing up of the sources of infection it is rather too soon to surmise. In any case the ratio of female to male cases treated was far from satisfactory in previous years, and even yet there is much room for improvement. In England during 1930 the ratio of female to male cases of venereal disease treated at the various centres was 13,885; 42,294, or approximately 1 to 3, and there is still (to quote from the report of the British Social Hygiene Council) room for improvement for they state . . .“we believe that a certain pro¬ portion of syphilitic women and children are escaping the operation of the Venereal Disease scheme and that, if this gap could be closed, considerable individual misery of innocent persons would be prevented.” Also . . . “the low ratio of gonorrhoea to syphilis in the case of females suggests the probability that too large a proportion of women infected with gonorrhoea remains untreated.” At our clinic last year the ratio 1 to 11-7 represented the proportion of female to male cases of venereal disease. This unfavourable ratio has been brought up to 1 to 6-7 for the past twelve months, although it was only during the latter half of this period that a definite effort to improve the female attend¬ ances was made. However, the lesson is that there is still much untreated venereal disease more especially among women; that by more