Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland.

  • Queensland. Department of Health.
Date:
[1957]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report on the health and medical services of the state of Queensland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notifications from centres outside Brisbane, shown in Table XV. give some idea of the distri¬ bution. The northern seaports and the mining centre of Mt. Isa as would be expected account for the bulk—the exception being Cunnamulla and the possibility that certain industrial turmoil recently might have contributed to this is perhaps an explanation. TABLE XV. Centres op Notification of Venereal Diseases Outside the Metropolis. Centre. Males. Females. Total. Ayr. 1 2 3 Beaudesert .. 1 , , 1 Bundaberg .. 1 . . 1 Cairns 21 5 26 Charters Towers , , 1 1 Cloncurry 6 1 7 Collinsville .. 1 , , 1 Cunnamulla 19 1 20 Dalby 1 1 Dirranbandi 2 2 Emerald 2 2 Gladstone 1 1 Gordonvale .. 2 2 Gympie . . 1 1 Ingham . • 1 1 Inglewood . . 1 1 Innisfail 2 2 Ipswich 2 2 Longreach .. 1 1 Mackay 4 4 Maryborough 1 1 Millmerran . . 1 1 Mount Isa .. 15 3 18 Murgon 1 1 2 Palm Island.. 5 6 11 Quilpie 1 1 2 Rockhampton 4 1 5 Roma 1 • , 1 Southport .. 2 1 3 Thursday Island 25 29 54 Toowoomba 2 2 Townsville .. 18 8 26 Torquay 1 • • 1 Tully . 1 . . 1 Warwick 1 . . 1 Winton • • 1 1 147 63 210 Table XVI. shows the number of venereal disease notifications since 1914—when notifica¬ tion was introduced, and the incidence per 1,000 of population. TABLE XVI. Showing Number of Notifications of Venereal Disease Since 1914. Fiscal Year. Notifi¬ cations. Mean Population. Incidence per 1,000 Popula¬ tion. 1914-15 . 1,414 688,212 2 054 1915-16 . 1,946 690,494 2-818 1916-17 . 1,477 680,772 2-171 1917-18 . # . 688,946 . 1918-19 . 2,003 707,732 2-83 1919-20 . 2,848 737,463 3-861 1920-21 . 2,302 754,374 3-051 1921-22 . 1,815 769,180 2-359 1922-23 . 1,710 785,466 2-177 1923-24 .. 1,521 804,442 1-889 1924-25 .. 1,503 825,313 1-821 1925-26 . 1,401 847,757 1-652 1926-27 . 1,319 864,502 1-525 1927-28 . 1,373 877,753 1-564 1928-29 .. 1,382 891,435 1-55 1929-30 . 1,541 903,703 1-705 TABLE XVI.—continued. Fiscal Year. Notifi¬ cations. Mean Population. Incidence per 1,000 Popula¬ tion. 1930-31 . 1,552 917,830 1-69 1931-32 . 1,841 930,456 1-978 1932-33 . 1,464 940,628 1-556 1933-34 . 1,576 950,462 1-595 1934-35 . 1,248 961,200 1-298 1935-36 . 1,125 972,767 1-156 1936-37 . 1,211 984,056 1-23 1937-38 . 1,256 996,448 1-26 1938-39 . 1,147 1,008,207 1-127 1939-40 . 1,091 1,021,426 1-077 1940-41 . 1,328 1,032,122 1-286 1941-42 . 1,207 1,036,690 1-164 1942-43 . 3,101 1,040,433 2-98 1943-44 . 2,718 1,054,810 2-576 1944-45 . 2,391 1,068,630 2-24 1945-46 . 1,309 1,084,125 1-207 1946-47 . 1,373 1,097,303 1-251 1947-48 . 1,000 1,114,634 •897 1948-49 . 846 1,140,816 •742 1949-50 . 731 1,173,232 •623 1950-51 . 626 1,207,194 •519 1951-52 . 627 1,239,868 •506 1952-53 . 757 1,272,244 •595 1953-54 . 740 1,300,464 •569 1954-55 . 741 1,325,336 •559 1955-56 . 807 1,352,650 •597 1956-57 . 995 1,380,700(r) •721 (r) Subject to revision. Table XVIII. shows the alleged sources of the notified infections of which 19 were attribu¬ ted to professional prostitutes (in known brothels), and 37 to clandestine prostitutes (street walkers). That the “Profession” itself carries a fair occupational risk is shown by the 40 who con¬ tracted an infection in the pursuit of their occupation. TABLE XVII. Showing Sources of Infection. Amateurs . . .. .. . . 685 Occupational (prostitutes) .. .. 40 Prostitutes . . . . . . .. 37 Professionals .. . . . . .. 18 Husbands . . . . .. .. 6 Wives .. .. .. .. .. 4 Mothers . . .. .. .. 3 Parents . . . . . . . . 1 Aborginal .. .. .. . . 1 Brothel (New South Wales) .. .. 1 Unstated .. .. .. .. 199 995 Tables XVIII. and XIX. show the marital status and age group of the cases notified and call for no comment other than to point out that 10 males over 65 years of age contracted the disease as compared with 2 in this age group in the previous year. TABLE XVIII. Marital Status. Males. Females. Total. Married 143 53 196 Single 638 73 711 Separated 18 7 25 Widowed 3 2 5 Divorced 1 5 6 Unknown 52 52 803 192 995