[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough.
- Newport (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1950
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Newport (Gwent) County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![AUXILIARY CLINIC IJr. Cwyuetii Daniel re])orts tliat duiiug tlie year 1!)() new cases attended at the Clinic. Of tliese 164 were expectant mothers^, 17 were non-expectant, and 9 were (diildren nnder 5 years of age. 180 were found to be suffering from conditions other than Venereal Disease. 8 had Syphilis iucduding 1 infant and 2 had Glonorrlioea in- cluding 1 child with Gronorrhoeal Vulvo Vaginitis. Conditions for whicdi treated : — Syphilis Gonorrhoea Endocervicitis Leucorrhoea Cervical Erosion Lacerated Cervix Cervicitis Mucous Polyp. Cystocele and Rectocele Retroversion Pruritis Vulvo-Vaginitis (Not G.C.) Bartholin’s Cyst Inguinal Adenitis Nil abnormal found ... 190 2 18 42 66 8 2 8 6 0 4 5 1 1 Total attendances, 1,461. Sessions, 99. During the year more new cases were treated for Syphilis than in the previous year and fewer for Gonorrhoea. The majority of cases seen at the Clinic were referred from the Ante-Natal Clinic, wliidi is held in the same building. In all cases blood tests were taken. The attendances of patients suffering from Venereal Diseases was in the main satisfactory, but there were cases who ceased attendance before completion of treatment in spite of repeated efforts to persuade them to attend. Comparison of attendance for five previous years : — Year Syphilis Gonorrhoea Non-Venereal Total 1945 ... 75 28 ... 1,064 ... 1,167 1946 ... ... 110 97 ... 1,494 ... 1,701 1947 ... ... 124 37 ... 1,014 ... 1,175 1948 ... ... 288 32 ... 1,155 ... 1,475 1949 ... ... 138 34 ... 1,239 ... 1,411 1950 ... ... 171 39 ... 1,251 ... 1,461](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28866915_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
