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Table E. —Venereal-disease Clinics: Cases treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1940.

SECTION 3.—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, 1940.

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I Auckland. I Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedln. j Totals. M. IT. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Number of persons dealt with for first time and found to be suffering from— Syphilis .. . . . . 63 37 77 58 12 8 22 8 174 111 Soft sore .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 2 11 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 474 118 310 53 286 79 78 89 1,148 339 No venereal disease .. .. 160 36 99 110 41 18 35 .. 335 164 Total attendance of persons suffering from— Syphilis .. .. .. 1,426 1,850 3,500 1,679 874 321 409 344 6,209 4,194 Soft sore .. .. .. . . .. . . .. 64 2 66 Gonorrhcea .. .. .. 12,989 1,385 14,254 4,336 9,6812,889 2,987 2,987 39,91111,597 Number of persons suffering from — Syphilis .. .. .. 758 736 1,027 872 251 132 122 118 2,158 1,858 Gonorrhoea .. .. .. 1,262 711 1,118 394 854 529 450 539 3,684 2,173

Samples not complying. Number of \- , q , Number of amp es Vendors. , T , , Number of Number of Health District. a en ' q Ura f j r 0 Warnings Prosecutions Samples. issued f reC0 mmended. Milk. | Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. Milk. Other. North Auckland .. 120 39 78 38 4 8 6 8 Central Auckland .. 3,654 521 3,344 460 95 34 86 34 9 South Auckland .. 1,283 238 1,122 209 48 55 41 55 7 Thames-Tauranga . . 84 8 . 67 8 Taranaki .. .. 278 1 130 1 3 2 6 East Cape .. .. 173 22 153 14 12 4 4 2 Wellington - Hawke's Bay 740 134 383 .. 51 13 8 1 18 2 Central Wellington .. 1,691 183 1,500 128 86 24 21 4 10 9 Nelson-Marlborough .. 110 40 79 32 1 3 1 Canterbury .. .. 1,690 223 1,604 223 181 42 147 28 19 11 West Coast .. .. 391 88 377 82 14 15 9 9 3 5 Otago .. .. 1,430 128 754 37 106 9 44 1 3 2 Southland .. .. 310 53 139 31 110 9 19 4 Totals .. 11,954 1,678 9,730 1,263 711 216 348 142 79 29