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Port of London 1920
Report for the year ended 31st December 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London
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TABLE XXV.—V enereal Diseases.
| Date. 1920. | Ship. | Case (nature of). | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advise given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1 | "Egypt" | Syphilis 1 | Crew | To Greenwich Hospital |
| 8 | "Hororata" | Gonorrhoea 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| „ 10 | "Sardinia" | Ditto 1 | Crew | Ditto. |
| „ 12 | "Hatarana" | Syphilis 1 | Lascar | To attend a Hospital. |
| „ 12 | "Australpool" | Ditto 1 | D.B.S. | Ditto. |
| „ 16 | "Schwaben" | Ditto 2 | Crew | To Connaught Road Hospital |
| „ 16 | "Krasnoiarsk" | Ditto 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 16 | "Inanda" | Gonorrhœa- 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 19 | "Trafford Hall" | syphilis 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | "Carmarthenshire" | Ditto 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 22 | "Margha" | Ditto 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 23 | "Mardana" | Soft Sore 1 | Fireman | To attend a Hospital. |
| „ 25 | ''Clan Morrison'' | Ditto 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| Feb. 6 | "Coza" | Gonorrhœa 1 | Native | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „9 | "Arzila" | Syphilis 2 | Firemen | Ditto. |
| „ 10 | " Ulm" | Ditto 2 | Natives | Ditto. |
| „ 11 | "Atta" | Ditto 1 | Engineer | Ditto. |
| „ 13 | "Eden Hall" | Gonorrhœ 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| „ 15 | "Konig F. August" | Ditto 2 | Firemen | Ditto. |
| „18 | "Mandala" | Soft Chancre 2 | Natives | Ditto. |
| ,, 18 | "Kleist" | Syphilis 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 21 | "Dunvegan Castle" | Soft Chancre 2 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| „24 | "Tras-os-Montes " | Ditto 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 27 | "Quilpne" | Ditto 2 | Ditto | Treated by Ship's Surgeon. |
| „ 27 | "Benalla" | Gonorrhœa 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| March 5 | "Helenus" | Ditto 2 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „6 | "Emanuel Nobel" | Soft Chancre 1 and Bubo. | Seaman | To go to Hospital at Antwerp. |
| „7 | "Garth Castle" | Soft Chancre 1 | Ditto | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 14 | "Neuralia" | Gonorrhœa 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 25 | "Soudan" | Soft Sore 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 26 | "Gloucester Castle" | Syphilis 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| April 2 | "Lippe" | Soft Chancre 1 | Fireman | To Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „2 | Ditto | Bubo 1 | A.B. | Ditto. |
| „5 | "Agamemnon" | Syphilis 1 | Chinese | To Liverpool Hospital. |
| Fireman. | ||||
| „3 | "Gaboon" | Venereal Bubo 1 | Marconi Operator. | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 12 | "Devanha" | Gonorrhœa 1 | Steward | Ditto. |
| „ 18 | "Falkenfels" | Chancre 1 | 2nd Steward | Ditto. |
| „ 18 | "Ditto" | Ditto 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| „ 27 | "Duquesa" | Gonorrhœa 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| „27 | "Gaffney" | Gonorrhœa 5 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| „ 27 | "Ditto" | Venereal 2 Buboes (Aliens). | Ditto | Ditto. |
| ,, 27 | "Isfond" | Chancre and 1 Bubo. | Alien | Treated on board. |
| May 2 | "Ningchow " | Gonorrhœa 6 | Seamen | To report at Seamen's Hospital. |
| „2 | "Venus" | Gonorrhœa 1 Ulcer with perforation of Urethra. | Fireman | Ditto. |
| „3 | "Beltana" | Syphilis 3 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| „ 11 | "Peterton" | Soft Sore 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| „ 20 | "Colaba" | Soft Chancre 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „21 | "Saranac" | Syphilis 1 | Fireman | To attend London Hospital. |
| June 5 | "Ulf-Jarl " | Gonorrhœa 2 | Crew (Aliens). | To Venereal Clinic, Gravesend or Greenwich. |
| „9 | "Lindenhall" | Gonorrhœa 1 and Stricture. | Fireman | To Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „14 | "Thorpe Grange" | Gonorrhœa 1 and Orchitis | Steward | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „14 | "St. Hilary" | Chancre 1 | Mate | Ditto. |
| „17 | "Caterino" | Gonorrhœa 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| „17 | "Tiverton" | Chancre 1 Gonorrhœa 1 | Sailor Ditto | Ditto. Ditto. |
| „21 | "Suevic" | Soft Sores 1 (? Syphilis) | Ditto | Ditto. |
| July 9 | "Ormonde" | Syphilis 2 | Crew | Ditto. |
| „9 | Ditto | Gonorrhœa 3 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „11 | "Kleist" | Syphilis 6 | Native Crew | Ditto. |
| „ 12 | "Savan" | Chancre and 1 Bubo. | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „19 | "Norman Star " | Soft Chancre 1 | Trimmer | Ditto |
| „20 | "Novarra " | Gonorrhœa 2 | Natives | Treated on board by Surgeon. |
| „20 | "Ditto" | Soft Chancre 1 | Native | Ditto. |
| „23 | "Comrie Castle" | Ditto 2 | Sailors | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „29 | "Clan Macbrayne" | Syphilis 1 | 2nd Engineer | Ditto |