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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE XXII.— Venereal Disease (cases on vessels arriving at Gravesend).
| Date. 1919. | Case. | No. of Cases. | Rating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1 | Syphilis | 1 | Fireman | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| 1 | Ditto | 1 | Crew A.B. - | Treated by ship's Surgeon. |
| 15 | Ditto | 1 | Fireman | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| 15 | Ditto | 1 | Sailor - | Ditto. |
| Feb. 4 | Soft Sore, &c. | 1 | Fireman | Arrangements made to send case to London Br. Hospital, Dean Street. |
| 17 | Gonorrhoea (Convalescent) | 1 | A.B. - | Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| 17 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Steward | Ditto. |
| 20 | Gonorrhoea and Bubo | 2 | A.B.'s | Recommended to London Hospital. |
| 20 | Gonorrhoea only | |||
| 23 | Syphilis, Chancre and Bubo - | 1 | 2nd Cook - | To Greenwich Hospital. |
| 24 | 2 Gonorrhoea and Buboes | 2 | Naval ratings passengers. | Landed at Plymouth. |
| 25 | Gonorrhoeal Rheumatism | 1 | Steward | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| March 1 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 1 | Soft Chancre | 1 | Carpenter - | Ditto. |
| 1 | Syphilis | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 1 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 3 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ . 15 | Gonorrhoea and Bubo | 1 | Steward | Ditto. |
| 16 | Syphilis | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 19 | Soft Sore | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| '21 | Gonorrhoea - | 2 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| 21 | Bubo | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 22 | Soft Chancre | 1 | Native | Treated on board. |
| 24 | Syphilis | 1 | A.B. - | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| 28 | Gonorrhoea and Bubo | 1 | Crew -(Portuguese) | To obtain Medical advice. |
| April 9 | Gonorrhoea | 3 | Crew - | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| 10 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 10 | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 11 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 13 | Gonorrhoea - | 1 | Steward | Ditto. |
| 15 | Syphilis | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 18 | Gonorrhoea - | 7 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| 18 | Ditto | 1 | Gunner | To attend Naval Hospital. |
| 19 | Syphilis | 1 | Seaman | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| 19 | Gonorrhoea and Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 22 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | To see Doctor at Tilbury Docks. |
| 23 | Bubo | 1 | Ditto | To attend Greenwich Hospital. |
| 23 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | 5th Engineer | To Connaught Road. |
| 23 | Syphilis | 1 | A.B. - | To Connaught Road. (Leaflets issued.) |
| 23 | Ditto | 1 | Chinese | Convalescent. |
| 23 | Soft Sore | 1 | Fireman | Convalescent. |
| 24 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Royal Albert Dock Hospital. |
| 24 | Gonorrhoea | 4 | Seamen | Convalescent. |
| 30 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Sailor | Convalescent. (Leaflets issued.) |
| 30 May 4 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To Connaught Road. (Leaflets issued.) |
| Ditto | 1 | Gunner (Naval) | To Naval Authorities. | |
| Carried forward | 61 | |||