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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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Venebeal Disease—
| Date. 1919. | Case. | No. of Cases. | Hating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 61 | |||
| May 4 | Syphilis | 1 | Sailor | To Connaught Boad. |
| 4 | Ditto | 2 | Firemen | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| 4 | Gonorrliceal Bubo - | 1 | Native | Treated by ship's Surgeon. |
| 11 | Gonorrhoea - | 2 | Seamen | To Boyal Albert Dock Hospital. |
| 11 | Chancre | 1 | A.B. | Ditto. |
| 12 | Gonorrhoea - | 2 | Firemen | To Gravesend Hospital. |
| 12 | Syphilis | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 12 | Syphilis, Tertiary | 1 | Native Steward. | To Connaught Road. |
| 12 | Gonorrhoea | 4 | Sailors | Ditto. |
| 12 | Soft Sore | 1 | Sailor | Treated by ship's Surgeon. (Leaflets issued.) |
| 12 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 12 | Gonorrhoea | 3 | Firemen | To Connaught Boad. |
| 12 | Syphilis | 1 | Sailor | Ditto. |
| 18 | Ditto | 1 | Crew | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| June 3 | Chancre | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 5 | Bubo | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 5 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 7 | Secondary Syphilis | 1 | Fireman | To nearest hospital to dock. |
| 8 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Seaman | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| 8 | Syphilis | 1 | Boatswain | Ditto. |
| 12 | Ditto | 3 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| 12 | Gonorrhoea | 3 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 12 | Chancre | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 18 | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To nearest hospital. |
| 19 | Syphilis | 2 | Chinese | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| 19 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 23 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To London Hospital. |
| 23 | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Firemen | To Greenwich Hospital. (Leaflets issued.) |
| 24 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Seaman | To attend Connaught Boad Hospital. |
| 26 | Soft Chancre | 8 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| July 3 | Syphilis | 1. | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 8 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 8 | Chancre and Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 12 | Syphilis | 2 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| 16 | Gonorrhoea | 4 | Ditto | To attend Guy's Hospital. |
| 23 | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| 26 | Soft Chancre | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| Aug. 2 | Syphilis, Secondary Bash | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 3 | Gonorrhoea | 3 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| 4 | Ditto | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 4 | Chancre | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 7 | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Engineers | Ditto. |
| 9 | Bubo | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 9 | Syphilis | 1 | Lascar | Ditto. |
| 9 | Ditto, Secondary | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 9 | Chancre | 1 | Coal trimmer | Ditto. |
| 9 | Soft Sore | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 17 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 20 | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 25 | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 28 | Soft Chancre | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Oct. 3 | Primary Syphilis | 2 | Seamen | Ditto. |
| 3 | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 3 | Syphilis | 1 | Seaman | Ditto. |
| 13 | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 14 | Soft Sores | 6 | Seamen | To attend hospital at Liverpool. |
| 14 | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Carried forward | 155 | |||