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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 Cases | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advice given. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923. | Brought forward 74 | |||||
| May | 15 | "Nore" | Chancre | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 17 | "Silverash" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Seaman | Landed at Boston. |
| „ | 17 | "Deucalon" | Syphilis | 1 | Steward | To attend Connaught Rd. Hospital. |
| „ | 18 | "Macedonia" | Bubo, Inguinal Fermoral. | 1 | Ditto | To attend the London Hospital. |
| „ | 22 | "Orvieto" | Gonorrhœal Orchitis. | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 23 | "City of Marseilles" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | Landed at Madras. |
| „ | 24 | "Somerset" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |||
| Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. | |||
| „ | 25 | " Port Caroline " | Ditto | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 27 | "Lycaon" | Ditto | 6 | Naval | Treated at R.N. Hospital. |
| Gonorrhœa | 21 | Ditto | Ditto. | |||
| „ | 29 | "Sutherland Grange" | Soft Sore | 2 | Firemen | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 29 | "Silver Sand" | Gonorrhœa | 2 | Ditto | Landed at Norfolk Va. |
| „ | 29 | "Nankin" | Ditto | 1 | Engineer | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 30 | "Gaika" | Gonorrhœa | 5 | Naval | Treated at Chatham Barracks. |
| „ | 31 | "Desirade" | Ditto | 2 | Crew | Landed at Havre. |
| „ | 31 | "Ionic Star" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 31 | "Demodocus" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Liverpool Clinic. |
| June | 2 | "Meissonier" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ | 2 | "City of Canterbury" | Soft Sore | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 3 | "North way" | Gonorrhœa, Bubo | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 6 | "Highland Loch" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 13 | "Bold way" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Wireless Operator. | To report at Greenwich Hospital. |
| „ | 18 | "Eurypylus" | Syphilis | 1 | Chinese | Ditto. |
| „ | 19 | "Osterley" | Ditto | 2 | Passengers | To attend nearest Clinic. |
| Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | To Greenwich Hospital. | |||
| „ | 20 | "City of Calcutta" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 25 | "Tremeadow" | Syphilis | 1 | Greaser | Ditto. |
| „ | 29 | "Demosthenes" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | Ditto. |
| July | 1 | "Jerseymoor" | Bubo (cured) | 1 | Seaman | Treated at Liverpool Clinic. |
| „ | 2 | "Aludra" | Chancre and Bubo | 1 | Crew | Proceeded to Amsterdam. |
| „ | 5 | "Zinal" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ | 6 | "Naldera" | Ditto | 1 | Engineer | To attend own doctor. |
| „ | 7 | "La Paz" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | To Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ | 9 | "Leicestershire" | Syphilis | 1 | Native Crew. | Ditto. |
| „ | 9 | "Earl Cairnes" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Ditto. |
| „ | 11 | "City of Florence" | Venereal Bubo | 1 | Native | Ditto. |
| „ | 11 | "Calchas" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ | 12 | "Sirus" | Gonorrhœa | 2 | Ditto | Landed at Rio Grande. |
| „ | 14 | "Huntsman" | Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | Ditto | To Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ | 14 | "Gotenhof" | Syphilis | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 15 | "Vikingstar" | Gonorrhœa | Ditto | Ditto. | |
| „ | 15 | "Harana Maru" | Syphilis | 2 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 16 | "Neleus" | Ditto (?) | 1 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| „ | 23 | "Dunluce Castle" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | To St. Thomas's Hospital. |
| „ | 25 | "Generali Petitti" | Chancre | 1 | Ditto | Now healed. |
| „ | 26 | "Sardinian" | Syphilis | 1 | D.B.S. | To Cardiff Clinic. |
| „ | 29 | "Menado" | Ditto | 1 | Crew | Proceeds to Rotterdam. |
| Aug. | 2 | "City of Tokio" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Landed Port Said. |
| „ | 2 | "Rhymey" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Ditto | To Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ | 2 | "Auger" | Ditto | 1 | Ditto | Landed Marseilles. |
| Carried forward | 163 | |||||