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is available to a lesser degree from other official and non-official
sources.
One large new clinic is at present under construction and others are being planned as it is considered that expansion of the ambula- tory treatment scheme is likely to yield the best return under existing epidemiological conditions.
The following table contrasts the mortality figures for tuber- culosis during the past five years:
Estimated
Year
mid-year
Percentage
Death rate
population per 100,000
of all deaths
TUBERCULOSIS
Percentage of T.B. deaths below 5
registered
years of age
1954
2,277,000
126.3
14.9
31.2
1955
2,340,000
120.0
14.7
28.0
1956
2,440,000
107.0
13.6
25.0
1957
2,583,000
103.6
13.9
21-2'
1958
+
2,748,000
83.8
11.2
19.6
Venereal Diseases. The number of cases suffering from infectious forms of venereal disease who present themselves for treatment has continued to decline; it is believed that this reflects a falling incidence in the general population.
The table below gives the figures of cases of syphilis treated at all Social Hygiene clinics during the last 5 years:
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Primary Syphilis
Secondary Syphilis
Early latent Syphilis
Late latent Syphilis
Early congenital Syphilis
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
393
153
93
17
9
!
54
34
20
7
3
2,209
1,044
733
450
417
3,983
24
2,853
19
2,616
2,532
2,766
19
3
7
The incidence of other venereal infections treated at clinics has also shown a considerable decline as the following figures indicate :
Gonorrhoea
Chancroid
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
1955
1956
1957
1958
11,309
10,609
9,881
8,360
2,468
1,614
689
294
249
140
178
91
For treatment, penicillin in its various forms remains the standard
therapy for both syphilis and gonorrhoea.