Report of the Public Health Department / Western Australia.

  • Western Australia. Public Health Department.
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Report of the Public Health Department / Western Australia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Administrative. The administrative activities in regard to venereal disease legislation for the two years under review are set out in the following table:— 1927. 1928. Number of notifications of failure to continue treatment ... ... ... 283 331 Number of persons involved ... ... 271 283 Defaulters traced ... ... ... 204 217 Defaulters not traced ... ... ... 44 66 Defaulters in regard to whom action not finalised at end of year ... ... 37 40 Number of defaulters who resumed treatment ... ... ... ... 167 152 1927. 1928. Orders issued requiring attendance ... 204 260 (involving (involving 610 letters) 564 letters Prosecutions for disobeying orders ... 3. 9 Persons ordered to be examined to whom infection attributed ... ... 15 11 Certificates of cure issued by Clinics... 213 190 Prosecutions for illegally treating Venereal Diseases ... ... ... 1 1 The tables below summarise the notifications re¬ ceived during the vears under review:— Table I.—VENEREAL DISEASE. Summary of Notifications for twelve months ended 31«( December, 1927. Disease. Males. Females. Total New Cases (both sexesb Total Notifications received. Svphilis—Primary . 16 1 17 20 Secondary ... 9 3 12 18 Tertiary 25 10 35 54 Congenital ... 1 1 2 5 Total 51 15 66 97 Gonorrhoea 727 112 839 1,037 Chancroid (Soft Chancre) 13 1 14 16 Granuloma 4 10 14 16 Gonorrhoea—Ophthalmia 1 1 1 Grand Total 796 138 934 1,167 Table 2.—SUMMARY OF VENEREAL 1 )ISEASE NOTIFR 'ATK INS AND OTHER DISTRICTS. 1927. RECEIVED FROM METROPOLITAN # Month. 1 )istrict. Syphilis. Gonor¬ rhoea. Chan¬ croid. Granu¬ loma. Gonor¬ rhoea Ophthal¬ mia. Totals. Prim¬ ary. Secon¬ dary. Ter¬ tiary. Con¬ genital. Metro¬ politan. Other. Total. January... Metropolitan 1 3 9 50 1 57 Other ... 14 1 15 72 February Metropolitan 2 1 6 31 2 42 Other ... 1 ... 7 O o ... ... fl v* March ... Metropolitan 4 0 4 109 ... 119 Other • . . .. • 12 12 — 131 April Metropolitan ... 1 3 104 . •. . . . 108 Other 3 ... 17 1 4 ... 25 133 May Metropolitan 1 4 63 ... 68 Other • • . 5 ,,. 1 ... ... 6 74 Juno Metropolitan 1 50 ... . . . 57 Other 4 ... 3 i 64 July Metropolitan ... 3 41 1 ... 45 Other 10 ... 2 12 August ... Metropolitan . . . 2 47 ... 49 Other ... 1 6 ... 7 September Metropolitan 1 52 , ... ... 53 ... Other 1 *> 1 4 1 9 October ... Metropolitan 1 2 i 50 1 55 Other 1 14 ... ... 15 70 November Metropolitan 1 •> •y 70 1 ... 7 5 . . . Other 2 • • • . 9 i 12 December Metropolitan 1 l 60 1 63 Other i o 4 2 o 3 ... 12 75 17 12 O 839 u 14 1 791 1 Hn vr.u i i