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Venereal Diseases. —Tables I and II set out the number of persons seen for the first time at the venereal-disease clinics, and the total attendances at the clinics :

Table I

A. total of 1,049 males and 427 females also attended the clinics for examination and were found not to be suffering from venereal diseases.

Table II

For purposes of comparison with other years the following tables show first attendances at the various clinics since 1941 :

Table III. —Number of Persons seen for the First Time and found to be suffering from Syphilis

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— Auckland. Wellington. Christ-church. Dunedin. Total. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. Persons seen for the first time and found to be suffering from— Syphilis 77 26 20 25 25 13 30 4 152 68 Soft sore 5 4 13 22 Gonorrhoea 639 329 235 42 168 31 115 13 1,157

Auckland. Wellington. Christ church. Dunedin. Total. M. F. . M. > F. M. F. M. IP. M. F. Total attendances of persons suffering from — Syphilis Soft sore Gonorrhoea 1,808 6 6,157 3,101 2,993 2,604 14 4,850 1,914 1,555 3,028 140 3,506 547 421 1,110 833 428 i.94 8,550 160 15,346 5,990 5,m

Year. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. 1 Grand 1 Totals, M. IT. M. F. M. ! »■ i M. F. M. P. 1941 102 57 96 63 29 17 33 6 260 144 403 1942 70 78 53 71 18 11 20 ' 6 161 166 327 1943 48 95 20 41 17 14 29 3 114 153 267 1944 21 48 14 26 14 6 27 4 76 88 164 1945 61 34 11 20 15 8 27 6 114 68 182 1946 77 26 20 25 25 13 30 4 152 68 220