H.—3l.

Venereal Clinics. —Cases treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

SECTION 3.—QUARANTINE AND PORT SANITARY WORKS. Number of Vessels inspected during the Year ended 31st December, 1925.

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Inference. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. | Dunedin. j Total. Number of persons dealt with at or in connection with out-patient clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from—- M. F. M. f. m. f. m. f. m. f. Syphilis .. .. .. .. 65 17 62 22 30 7 24 28 181 74 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 12 3 14 29 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 398 38 301 41 256 53 77 12 1,032 144 No venereal disease.. .. .. 103 20 145 53 44 10 4 296 83 Total attendance of all persons at the outpatient clinics who were suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 981 313 1,970 549 719 444 661 507 4,331 J 1,813 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 39 .. 172 .. 101 312 !.. Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 9,443 326 27,168 653 8,161 1,027 1,181 189 45,953 2,195 No venereal disease.. .. .. 332 42 220 94 221 126 4 .. 777 | 262 Aggregate number of in-patients' days of treatment given to persons suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 1,103 .. 167 .. 91 93 1,361 93 Gonorrhoea .. .. 4,817 .. 332 .. 31 153 5,180 153 Number of doses of salvarsan substitutes given 699 203 1,223 444 409 229 50 44 2,381 920 Examination of pathological material : Specimens from person attending at treatment centre which were examined for — Detection of spirochetes .. .. 23 43 15 41 1 108 15 Detection of gonococci .. .. 1,455 228 691 208 693 395 73 29 2,912 860 Wassermann reaction .. .. 136 43 341 120 459 241 39 32 975 436 Others .. .. .. .. 30 76 15 6 51 76

Number ; Infectious- I Mental Port. of Vessels j + disease V.D. Cases, j Defective inspected. lmnll g rant3 - Cases. ; Cases. Auckland Health District— Auckland .. .. .. .. 288 93 9 Thames .. .. .. .. 1 Dargaville .. .. .. .. 1 Wellington Health District — New Plymouth .. . . . . 14 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 23 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 11 Napier .. .. .. .. 6 Nelson .. .. .. .. I Wellington .. .. .. .. 140 21 32 9 4 Picton .. .. .. . . 3 Canterbury Health District— Lyttelton .. .. .. .. 37 .. .. 6 Timaru .. . . . . .. 2 Westport .. .. .. .. 3 Greymouth .. .. .. 2 Otago Health District— Oamara .. .. .. .. 1 Port Chalmers .. .. .. 22 Bluff .. 41 Totals .. .. .. 596 114 41 15 4