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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Venereal Diseases—
| Date. 1922. | Vessel. | Case (nature of). | No. of cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1 | " Mombassa " | Gonorrhoea | l | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hos |
| Ditto | pital. | ||||
| Soft Chancre | l | Ditto | Ditto. | ||
| „ 4 | " Kalyan " | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 6 | " Clan Kenneth " | Soft Chancre | 1 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ 7 | " Pendarves " | Epididymitis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 9 | " Kaisar-I-Hind " | Soft sore and bubo | 1 | Passenger | To attend a hospital in London. |
| June 9 | " Merkara " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Crew | To attend hospital in London. |
| „ 10 | " Mashobra " | Ditto | 2 | Ditto | Treated on board. |
| „ 13 | " Kaisar-I-Hind " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 14 | " Marquesa " | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 17 | " Ymes " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 17 | " Hobsons Bay " | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 25 | " City of Calcutta | Soft Chancre | 1 | Ditto | Remained on board. |
| Ditto | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Shanghai. | |
| Ditto | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ 28 | " Sophocles " | Soft Chancre and bubo | 2 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| July 2 | " Benalla " | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Ditto | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ 10 | " Medina " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 13 | " Dongola " | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 20 | " Dangean " | Ditto | 3 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| Ditto | Gonorrhoea | 3 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ 25 | " Estherlina " | Soft Chancre | 1 | Ditto | Remained on board. |
| „ 28 | " Princesa " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| Aug. 2 | " La Paz" | Ditto | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 5 | " Mantua " | Ditto | 1 | Passenger | To continue treatment at |
| home. | |||||
| 6 | " Mijkerk " | Soft Chancre | 1 | Crew | Remained on board. |
| „ 8 | " Clan Mackenzie " | Syphilis | 1 | Fireman | Landed at Port Said. |
| „ 9 | " El Uruguayo " | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 11 | " Yorkshire " | Soft sores | 2 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ 13 | " Clan Murray " " Kandahar " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Colombo. |
| „ 16 | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| „ 18 | " Malda " | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Passengers | Landed at Marseilles. |
| „ 19 | " Patroclus " | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Crew | Remained on board. |
| Ditto | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ 23 | " Pyrrhus " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| Ditto | Soft Chancre | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ 23 | " Fredrik Larsson " | Gonorrhoea and Orchitis. | 1 | Boilermaker. | Ditto. |
| „ 27 | " Kansas " | Syphilis (secondary) | 1 | Crew | Ditto. |
| „ 31 | " Traveller " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Convalescent. |
| Sep. 1 | " Clan McNaughton " | Gonorrhoea and bubo. | 1 | Ditto | Landed Port Said. |
| „ 3 | " Andania " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 6 | " Norman " | Syphilis (?) | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 6 | " Nagoya " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 9 | " El Paraguayo " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ 13 | " Clan Macphee " | Ditto | 1 | Ditto. | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ 13 | " Euclid " | Syphilis | 3 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 14 | " Benlomond " | Ditto | 1 | O.M. | Landed Port Said. |
| „ 14 | " Mardinian " | Chancre | 2 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 22 | " Wytheville " | Venereal buboes | 1 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ 23 | " Morea " | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |