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Venereal Clinics. —Cases treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1926.

SECTION 4.—NUMBER OF VESSELS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1926.

SECTION 5.—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, 1926.

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Reference. Auckland. Wellington. Chrlstchurch. Dunedin. I Total. Number of persons dealt with at or in con- m. f. m. f. m. f. m. f. | m. f. nection with the out-patient clinic for the first time and found to be suffering from— Syphilis .. .. . . .. 52 22 62 23 50 16 28 15 192 76 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 22 10 32 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 492 63 397 29 287 76 95 15 1,271 183 No venereal disease .. .. 74 25 198 76 26 16 17 1 315 118 Total attendance of all persons at the outpatient clinics who were suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. .. 1,034 332 2,503 576 1,550 909 834 551 5,921 2,368 Soft sore .. .. .. .. 137 .. .. 98 235 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 14,502 459 30,855 480 9,076 2,760 1,969 309 56,402 4,008 No venereal disease .. .. 305 71 339 153 84 16 29 1 757 241 Aggregate number of in-patients' days of treatment given to persons suffering from — Syphilis .. .. .. .. 341 126 1,139 .. 184 .. 67 84 1,731 210 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 1,361 169 5,785 .. 278 .. 191 40 7,615 209

JSIumbei i p r,-T- j i Infectious- Mental Port. I of Vessels I ro 1 ice | disease V.D. Cases. Defective | inspected. | Immigrants. Casea _ Auckland Health District — Auckland .. .. .. .. 358 127 47 .. j Thames .. .. . . .. 1 . . . . . . , Dargaville . . .. . . .. 3 .. .. . . ! Wellington Health District — New Plymouth .. . . .. 25 Wanganui ... .. .. . . 17 ; . . . | Gisborne .. .. .. .. 12 Napier .. . . .. .. 13 .. .. j Wellington .. .. .. . . 165 42 3.4 1 Nelson Picton .. .. .. .. 1 Canterbury Health District — Lyttelton .. .. .. .. 32 Timaru .. .. .. .. 2 Westport .. .. .. .. 7 .. . . j Greymouth Otago Health District — Oamaru .. .. .. .. 4 .. ., j Port Chalmers . . .. .. 17 Bluff .. .. .. .. 36 .. .. | .. . I Totals .. .. .. 693 • 169 50 4 1

Samples not complying. Samples Number of Vendors. Number 0 { Samples. Number of Warnings I'roaTcution's Health District. issued. j recommended. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other - | ; ■ Central Auckland .. 1,179 177 1,149 141 125 50 102 21 9 19 North Auckland . . 278 46 262 41 30 9 14 4 12 5 South Auckland .. 207 39 192 39 17 7 6 4 5 1 Coromandel-Opotiki 52 28 51 18 10 9 7 2 7 Taranaki-Horowhenua 165 43 164 21 9 .. 2 .. 8 Wairarapa - East Cape 337 18 333 13 14 1 6 7 Central Wellington .. 1,765 70 1,701 53 46 12 14 2 28 7 Nelson-Marlborough 167 10 159 9 10 2 1 10 3 Westland .... 122 39 95 33 6 8 3 5 3 3 Canterbury .. 775 131 728 114 79 23 59 18 22 4 Otago .. .. 588 65 266 48 29 9 16 4 7 5 Southland .. •. 198 1 | 139 1 8 7 .. 1 Totals, 1926 .. 5,833 667 j. 5,239 531 383 130 236 j 59 114 54 Totals, 1925 .. 4,464 472 .. .. 473 90 283 : 24 132 21 _ _ ..