Urethral stricture in the male; a survey of one hundred cases.

Clinical impressions of the diminution in incidence of urethral stricture in the male are confirmed by the following figures from the Registrar-General's Statistical Review for England and Wales (1951), which show that the number of deaths of males from stricture of the urethra in 1951 was only 38 per cent. of that in 1939. These figures, however, reflect not only the diminishing incidence of stricture, but also the beneficial influence of the sulphonamides and antibiotics in reducing the septic complications of stricture during the period under review.