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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Venereal Diseases—
| Date. | Vessel. | Case (nature of). | No. of Passenger or Cases. Crew Rating. | Advice given. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923. | Brought forward 26 | |||||
| Feb. | 23 | "Harald" | Soft Sore | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| 26 | "Nordica" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 28 | "Gleniffer" | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| Mar. | 1 | "Highland Rover" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| 2 | "Elpenor" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Royal Albert Dock Hospital. | |
| 2 | "Newtonmoor" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 4 | "Albatross" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. Treated at Port Sanitary Hospital. | |
| 7 | "Zelos" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Gravesend Hospital. | |
| 8 | "Norman" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 11 | "Balranald" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 14 | "Grove" | Gonorrhœa | 3 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 17 | "Hampstead" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | To attend Royal Albert Dock Hospital. | |
| 17 | "Esperance Bay" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Port Said. | |
| 18 | "Santa Aurora" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| Inguinal Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |||
| 20 | "Mangalore" | Inguinal Adenitis | 1 | Ditto | Treated on board. | |
| 20 | "Groenlo" | Venereal Bubo, Soft Sores. | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 20 | "Pendrecht" | Venereal Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 20 | "Islandia" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 28 | "Dictator" | Venereal Bubo | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 28 | Clan MacFarlane | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| April | 1 | "Norman Star" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Connaught Rd. Hospital. |
| Soft Chancres | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |||
| 5 | "Narenta" | Syphilis | 1 | D.B.S. | Ditto. | |
| 5 | "Boorara" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | Ditto. | |
| 6 | "Dunluce Castle" | Syphilis | 1 | Passenger | Alien in transit to Italy. | |
| 7 | "Modasa" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend St. Mary's Hospital Clinic. | |
| ,, | 9 | "Dornala" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | Convalescent. |
| 10 | "Altul" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 14 | "Moreton Bay" | Ditto | 1 | Passenger | To attend private doctor. | |
| 19 | "Ballarat" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 19 | "Natia" | Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Buenos Aires. | |
| 23 | " Trevanion" | Paralysis due to Syphilis. | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Port Said. | |
| 26 | "Mantua" | Syphilis | 1 | Steward | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 26 | "Ormonde" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Ditto. | |
| 27 | "Missouri " | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To be treated at Middles-boro'. | |
| 28 | "Clan Ranald" | Soft Chancre | 1 | Native | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| May | 2 | "Port Sydney" | Ditto (healed) | 1 | Fireman | Ditto. |
| 3 | "Madura" | Soft Sore and Bubo. | 1 | Native Topaz. | To attend Connaught Rd. Hospital. | |
| 4 | "Kaisar-I-Hind" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Goanese Steward. | Landed at Port Said. | |
| 7 | "Viking Star " | Ditto | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. | |
| 8 | "City of Simla" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 9 | "Elswick Grange" | Gonorrhœal Epididymitis. | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 12 | Jervis Bay | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| 12 | "Ballena" | Gonorrhœal Rheumatism. | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| Carried forward | 74 | |||||