| 70,802|3,167| 73,969|
No V.D. | 1,146| 502| 1,648|
Aggregate number of | | | |
in-patients' days of | | | |
treatment given to | | | |
persons suffering from-- | | | |
Syphilis | 5,549| 194| 5,743|
Gonorrhoea | 10,875| 836| 11,711|
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TABLE C.

REPLY FORM.--VENEREAL DISEASES.

(_Confidential_.)

I, the undersigned registered medical practitioner, desire to advise the
Committee on Venereal Diseases of the Board of Health that I had under
my personal care on Saturday, 16th September, 1922,[A] cases of venereal
disease, and of affections attributable to venereal disease, as under:--

NUMBER OF CASES.
Male. Female. Total.
1. Cases of recent infection:--
(_a._) Gonorrhoea (including gonorrhoeal ophthalmia)
(_b._) Soft chancre
(_c._) Syphilis, primary and/or secondary
2. Cases of distant infection:--
(_a._) Chronic gonorrhoeal affections or disabilities
directly attributable to gonorrhoea infection--_e.g._,
stricture, gleet, arthritis, abscesses, salpingitis, &c.
(_b._) Congenital syphilis
(_c._) Tertiary syphilitic manifestations or disabilities
directly attributable to syphilis infection:--
(i.) Affecting nervous system--_e.g._, gumma,
locomotor, G.P.I., &c.
(ii.) Affecting ear, eye, &c. (special
senses)--_e.g._, optic atrophy, &c.
(iii.) Affecting respiratory system--_e.g._,
syphilitic laryngitis, &c.
(iv.) Affecting digestive system--_e.g._,
syphilitic stricture of rectum, &c.
(v.) Affecting circulatory system--_e.g._,
syphilitic angina, aneurism, &c.
(vi.) Affecting spleen
(vii.) Affecting skin, bones, joints, muscles
(viii.) Affecting genito-urinary system, including
abortions, &c.

NOTE.--No case should be recorded under more than one of these headings.

Total number of cases under my personal care

My opinion is that venereal disease in this Dominion has [not] increased
in a greater proportion than the population during the last five years.

[_Signature of medical practitioner._]
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