Socio-medical characteristics of patients attending a V.D. clinic and the circumstances of infection.

The following study included all the patients attending the V.D. clinic at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, for the first time over a period of one year and its aim was to find out more about the social characteristics of the patients attending the clinic and the circumstances in which infection or suspected infection took place. It was hoped that the findings might point to more effective case finding and prevention.