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Harris County VD crisis noted in Baytown report
A Baytown Sun study finds Harris County and Baytown in high VD incidence, with 1964 data showing 2,159 infectious and patent syphilis and 6,81 gonorrhea cases in Houston Baytown area. Doctors estimate up to 3,000 total VD cases, citing underreporting and cases treated outside the city. The piece cites surveys of 40 Baytown doctors, demographics by age, and public health reporting challenges.
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Bobby Sutphin
Baytown
Houston
Harris County
U.S. Department of Health
Washington D.C
Social Hygier Clinic
East Harris County Medical Society
Social Hygiene Clinic
Asong
Bayown
Dic
American Social Health Association
U.S
Joem. ‘Glicksmai
Iri
Communicate Disease Center
Glicksman