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This payment, 300l. (subject to the Government return), resulted in the
immediate establishment of the centre, which began work on 2nd April, and covered half
the cost of nine months of experimental working.
The Port of London Authority consented to and undertook the advertisement of
this treatment centre and others bordering the Port and easily accessible to seamen, by
posting the appended Notice in suitable places throughout the Dock area.s: —
Port of London Sanitary Authority.
VENEREAL DISEASES.
NOTICE.
SYPHILIS and GONORRHCEA
are infectious diseases, dangerous to the individual
and to the State.
TREATMENT FREE
and under conditions of privacy can be
obtained at—
THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL,
Greenwich.
THE BRANCH SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL,
Con naught Road, Royal Albert Dock.
THE LONDON HOSPITAL,
Whitechapel Road, E.
GUY'S HOSPITAL,
Near London Bridge Station.
And at many other Hospitals in London.
4th April, 1917.
The Notice is also given to officers in charge of vessels visited by your Sanitary
Inspectors.
Cases reported at Gravesend on incoming vessels receive advice as to treatment
and where it can be obtained from your Boarding Medical Officers.
Dr. R. P. Cockin, the Director of the Venereal Diseases Department at the Royal
Albert Dock Hospital, reported, on the first four months' working, that there were
227 patients treated, 163 of these being men, of whom 96 were seamen. Further, that
the majority of men patients other than seamen were on work connected with ships
and shipping.