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Table E. —Venereal-disease Clinics: Cases treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1939.

SECTION 4.—WORKING OF THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. Table 1. Showing Samples respectively of Milk and other Foodstuffs taken and dealt with during the Year ended 31st December, 1939.

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Auckland. Wellington. | Christchurch. Dunedln. Totals. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Number of persons dealt with for first time and found to be suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 59 43 18 25 19 11 12 5 108 84 Soft sore .. .. .. .. .. 4.. 7 .. .. . 11 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 399 141 333 53 328 88 91 90 1,151 372 No venereal disease .. .. 141 38 115 94 38 14 13 4 307 150 Total attendance of persons suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 1,353 1,941 1,937 1,022 1,418 419 474 254 5,182 3,636 Soft sore .. .. .. .. .. 34 .. 48 .. .. 82 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 10,432 1,042 12,487 3,358 12,585 3,248 3,n8 3,073 38,622 Number of persons suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 697 766 674 682 302 138 128 80 1,801 1,666 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 976 656 1,210 373 1,607 684 498 603 4,291 2,316

Samples not complying. Number of , T v Samples N ° m^ er of Health District. taken ' Wirings* Prosecutions issued. recommended. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. North Auckland .. 141 48 78 37 25 2 16 1 Central Auckland .. 3,651 346 3,532 346 183 28 163 26 il 4 South Auckland .. 1,572 152 1,304 126 43 3 43 3 Thames-Tauranga .. 213 12 200 12 36 9 28 9 2 Taranaki .. .. 262 30 118 28 15 5 4 5 9 East Cape .. .. 280 17 244 16 11 .. 10 Wellington - Hawke's Bay 656 184 414 176 38 17 20 12 8 5 Central Wellington .. 1,869 90 23 86 31 15 13 10 5 3 Nelson-Marlborough 95 40 80 36 7 3 2 2 5 ] Canterbury .. ..2,520 199 2,431 194 174 30 141 16 24 14 West Coast .. .. 349 80 327 77 20 9 9 8 11 1 Otago .. .. 1,769 215 942 88 121 3 33 3 10 Southland .. .. 242 32 149 8 39 10 2 .. Totals .. .. 13,619 1,445 9,842 1,230 743 124 492 95 87 ~~28