Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales.
- New South Wales. Department of Public Health
- Date:
- [1939]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Director-General of Public Health, New South Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table 2.—Return of Cases of Venereal Disease notified during 1939, showing forms of Disease and Age and Sex of Patients. Disease. 0- 5. 6-10. 11- 15. 10-20. 21-2 5. 26-30. 31- 35 36- 40. 41- 45. 46- 50. Over 50. Age not Stated. Totals. Grand Total. JVT. F. M. F. M . F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Gonorrhoea . 1 10 21 13 11 4S4 137 1,114 178 940 97 515 61 280 28 210 14 107 5 104 4 15 6 3,789 578 4,307 SVlhiliS . 12 18 5 0 9 2 23 47 116 09 101 73 08 53 84 39 86 34 62 28 181 42 28 13 778 425 1,2U3 Sol t Chancre . 1 4 1 7 1 . . . 13 1 ] 4 Gleet . 5 33 40 1 38 20 40 ... i(i . .. 13 3 ... 220 1 221 Venereal Warts . ,, 5 15 5 8 2 ... 3 1 ... 39 ... 39 Gonorrhoeal Ophthalmia ... 2 4 ... 6 ... 6 Venereal Granuloma. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i 1 1 Total . 15 34 5 27 22 13 518 184jl,286 248 1,105 171 629 114 393 07 339 49 185 33 302 46 47 19 4,846 1,005 5,851 Table 3.—Diagnostic Examinrtions for Venereal Diseases made in the Microbiological Laboratory. Year. Gonorrhoea (Smears and Urine). Gonorrhoea (Complement Deviation Test). Syphilis (Wassermann Reaction). Syphilis (Kahn’s Test). Syphilis (Smears Spirochaetes). 1939 . 22,323 7,925 21,794 21,073 362 Table 4—Showing Annual Attendance Returns at Public Clinics for Treatment of Venereal Diseases. Year. Attendances. New Cases. Gonorrhoea. ■ Syphilis. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Health Department Clinic. 1939 . .! 100,300 1 ... 1100,300 | 2,242 j ... 1 2,242 | 343 | ... | 343 1939 . Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. | 4,956 | 23,980 | 145 j 32 | 177 | 31 ] 20 ( 51 1939 . .i 7,103 Sydney Hospital. | 4,721 | 11,824 | 43 1 23 | 66 | 64 j 54 [ 118 1939 . .| 267 Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. \ 899 | 1,166 | ... | 9 [ 9 I 5 1 6 I 11 1939 . Royal South Sydney Hospital. | 297 | 3,213 | 21 \ ... J 21 | 8 I 8 | 16 1939 . .1 2,511 Royal North Shore Hospital. | 1,513 | 4,024 | 60 ] 17 1 77 i 9 1 10 | 19 1939 . .I ... Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children. | 13,691 | 13,691 | ... | 268 f 268 [ ... 1 146 | 146 1939 . Balmain District Hospital. 1 355 | 923 1 1 | ... | 1 1 3 I 5 1 8 1939 . Parramatta District Hospital. f 207 1 858 | 37 J 10 J 47 | 7 l 4 I 11 1939 .. Newcastle District Hospital. j 1,927 | 12,697 | 223 | 30 | 253 14 ) 19 1 33 1939 . Western Suburbs District Hospital. 1 5 12 r](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31485303_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
