Results of the treatment of gonorrhoea in the Birmingham Clinic.

نویسنده

  • G KNIGHT
چکیده

Since 1945 there has been considerable regional variation in the problems facing the venereologist. Some figures from an inland industrial area may, therefore, be of general interest. In Birmingham there is a large immigrant population, mainly Carribean, but with a sprinkling of Indians and Pakistanis. The economic situation has been, on the whole, satisfactory, though some patients pay one visit to the clinic and then move on. The number of prostitutes in the area seems to be small and the main source of infection appears to lie in enthusiastic amateurs, largely late teenagers.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of venereal diseases

دوره 34 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1958