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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Venereal Diseases—
| Date. | • Name of Vessel. | Case (Nature of). | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew rating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924. | Brought forward | 120 | |||
| Aug. 3 | " Port Melbourne " | Orchitis and Gonorrhoea. | 2 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 9 | " Agamemnon " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ |
| „ 10 | " Princesa " | „ | 1 | „ | „ |
| Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| „ 11 | " Ausonia " | Gonorrhoeal Orchitis. | 1 | „ | „ |
| „ 13 | " Guildford Castle " | Syphilis | 1 | Passenger | To attend London Hospital. |
| „ 14 | " Clan MacBride " | „ | 1 | Crew | Landed at Havre. |
| „ 16 | " Mooltan " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Hospital. |
| „ 17 | " Gallia " | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| Syphilis and " Bubo. | „ | „ | |||
| „ 21 | " Senator " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Hospital in London. |
| „ 28 | " Priam " | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Hospital in Liverpool. |
| „ 29 | " Malwa " | Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | „ | To Royal Albert Dock Hospital. |
| „ 29 | " Ormuz " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| Syphilis and Gonorrhoea. | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| Sept. 5 | " Newton " | Soft Chancre | 1 | „ | To Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „ 9 | " City of Hong Kong " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Hospital at Liverpool. |
| Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| „ 10 | " Nyanza " | Genorrhoea | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 11 | " Ionic Star " | Soft Sore Bubo. | 1 | „ | „ |
| „ 13 | " Benalla " | Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| „ 14 | " Devanha " | „ | 1 | „ | To Connaught Road Hospital. |
| „ 15 | " Oxfordshire " | Gonorrhoeal Orchitis. | 1 | „ | „ |
| Venereal Bubo | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| „ 18 | " Defender " | Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | Native Crew | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 18 | " Biela " | Syphilis | 1 | Alien | Proceeding to Antwerp. |
| „ 21 | " Yangtzee " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Crew | Landed at Batavia. |
| „ 23 | " Maimyo " | Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | Native Crew | Royal Albert Dock Hospital. |
| „ 24 | " Pacific Transport " | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Crew | „ |
| „ 24 | " Teiresias " | „ | 1 | „ | „ |
| „ 24 | " Pilar de Larrinaga " | „ | 1 | „ | Reported to be well, but to go to Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 29 | " Rhodesian Transport" | Chancre | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 29 | " Millais " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ |
| „ 29 | " Andania " | „ | 1 | „ | „ |
| Oct. 3 | " Clan Urquart " | „ | 1 | „ | Landed at Calcutta. |
| „ 3 | " Verbania " | Chancre | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 4 | " Rhor " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Alien | Proceeding to Hamburg. |
| „ 14 | " Glenshiel " | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | To Gravesend Hospital. |
| „ 17 | " Empire Star " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To Poplar Hospital. |
| Chancre and Bubo. | 1 | „ | „ | ||
| „ 17 | " El Paraguayo " | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 21 | " Mulbera " | Gonorrhoea and Gonorrhoeal Rheumatism. | 1 | „ | To Connaught Road Hospital. |
| Carried forward | 165 |