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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
Port of London 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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Venereal Diseases— continued.
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Nature of Case. | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929. | Brought forward | 31 | |||
| Jan. 31 | ss. "Oronsay" | Gonorrhcea | 2 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| Syphilis | 1 | „ | Landed at Sydney. | ||
| Feb. 1 | ss. "Katari Maru" | Soft Chancre | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| 5 | ss. "Nerma" | Tabes | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| 8 | ss. " Gloucestershire" | Chr. Gleet | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 11 | ss. "Magellan" | Chancre | 2 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| 15 | ss. "Tampanoeli" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Ranchi" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „ 18 | ss. "Ballarat" | „ | 3 | Passengers | To be treated by a private doctor at home. |
| „ 14 | ss. "Clan Alpine" | „ | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 18 | ss. "Pear Brand" | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 20 | ss. "Kemmendine" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| 24 | ss. "Kalyan" | „ | 1 | Passenger | Naval ratings invalided home to |
| Inguinal Bubo Syphilis | 1 1 | „ „ | R.N. Hospital, Chatham. | ||
| „ 26 | ss. "Kellerswald" | „ | 1 | Crew | Treated on board. |
| „ 27 | ss. "Calgary" | „ Gonorrhoea | 1 1 | „ „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| Mar. 6 | ss. "Ascania" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| 7 | ss. "Jason" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 12 | ss. "City of Mandalay" | Gonorrhoea Bubo. | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 12 | ss. "Alaunia" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Lycaon" | „ | 2 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 13 | ss. "Portcurnow" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 14 | ss. "Orsova" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Landed at Sydney. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Duquesa" | .„ Syphilis | 1 1 | „ „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 17 | ss. "Clan Buchanan" | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 17 | ss. "Idarwald" | Gonorrhoea | 3 | „ | To attend hospital in Hamburg. |
| „ 22 | ss. "Malda" | Hard Chancre Venereal Bubo | 1 2 | „ „ | Treated on board. Convalescent on arrival. |
| „ 22 | ss. "Siberian Prince" | Svphilis | 1 | „ | Landed to hospital at Durban. |
| „ 25 | ss. "City of Palermo" | „ | 2 | „ | To Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 27 | ss. "Sarpedon" | Gonorrhcea | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| ., 29 | ss. "Orvieto" | „ | 1 | Passenger | To attend private doctor. |
| „ 31 | ss. "Golden Gate" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | Landed to hospital at Valparaiso. |
| April 3 | ss. "Megantic" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Passenger | Landed at Southampton. |
| 7 | ss. "Planet" | Syphilis | 2 | Crew | 1 landed at San Antonio. 1 to Hamburg. |
| „ 13 | ss. "City of Harvard" | Soft Sore | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Rancher" | „ Gonorrhoea | 1 1 | „ „ (D.B.S.) | „ „ „ „ „ „ |
| „ 16 | ss. "Burma" | Syphilis | 2 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 19 | ss. "Africstar" | Gleet | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 19 | ss. "Highland Chieftain" | Syphilis Gonorrhoea | 1 2 | „ „ | „ „ „ „ „ „ |
| ,, 21 | ss. "Phemius" | Soft Sore and Bubo. Soft Sore | 1 | „ | Convalescent on arrival. |
| 2 | „ | 1 landed to hospital at Singapore. | |||
| 1 treated on board. | |||||
| „ 24 | ss. "Barrabool" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 25 | ss. "Assiout" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ „ „ |
| „ 26 | ss. "Queenswood" | „ | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 28 | ss. "Hakozaki Maru" | „ | 3 | „ | „ „ „ |
| Carried forward | 97 | ||||