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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 | 97 | |||
| April 29 | ss. "Khyber" | Soft Sore and Bubo. | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 29 | ss. "Megantio" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 30 | ss. "Navigator" | Gonorrhoea Bubc | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| May 1 | ss. "Portgwarra" | „ „ „ | 1 | „ | To attend " Dreadnought" Hospital. |
| 3 | ss. "Malwa" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 3 | ss. "Dunluce Castle" | „ | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| 3 | ss. "Mongolia" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 4 | ss. "Tabanan" | „ | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| 4 | ss. "Demodocus" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Landed to hospital at Singapore. |
| „ 6 | ss. "Mandala" | Epididymitis. Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| 6 | ss. "Jamaican Producer" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| 7 | ss. "Llandaff Castle" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 9 | ss. "Madura" | Gonorrhoea Ophthalmia. | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| Squamous Syphilide. | 1 | „ | „ „ „ | ||
| „ 13 | ss. "Glenamoy" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ „ |
| „ 15 | ss. "Llandovery Castle" | Soft Sore | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury Dock. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Domala" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Radja" | Gonorrhoea Bubo. | 2 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 24 | ss. "Bereby" | Gonorrhoea Syphilis | 1 1 | „ „ | To attend London Hospital. „ „ „ |
| „ 27 | ss. "City of Venice" | „ Soft Sore | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| 1 | „ | Treated on board. | |||
| „ 28 | ss. "Benalla" | Gonorrhoea Syphilis | 3 | „ | „ „ |
| 2 | „ | „ „ | |||
| „ 31 | ss. "Highland Monarch" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Passenger | Landed at Vigo. |
| June 2 | ss. "City of Khartoum" | Bubo and Sore | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 5 | ss. "Maidan" | Gonorrhoea Syphilis | 1 | „ „ | „ „ „ „ „ „ |
| „ 6 | ss. "Upwey Grange" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | Landed at Buenos Aires. |
| „ 6 | ss. "Frankenwald | Syphilis | 2 | „ | To attend hospital in Hamburg. |
| „ 7 | ss. "Preussen" | „ Gonorrhoea | 2 1 | „ „ | „ „ „ „ „ „ |
| „ 7 | ss. "Kaisar-I-Hind" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 9 | ss. "Blairadam" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 9 | ss. "Glenshiel" | „ | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 9 | ss. "Designer" | Soft Sore | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, |
| Royal Albert Dock. | |||||
| „ 10 | ss. "City of Khios" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 11 | ss. "Minnekahda" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Passenger | To attend private doctor. |
| „ 14 | ss. "Durham Castle" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | Landed at Durban. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Author" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Kalyan" | „ | 1 | „ | Well on arrival. |
| „ 16 | ss. "Carmania" | Soft Sores | 2 | D.B.S. | Treated at Ellis Island, New York, and deported. |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | Crew | To attend hospital. | ||
| „ 20 | ss. "Meissonier" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | Landed at Colon. |
| „ 21 | ss. "Osterley" | „ | 1 | Passenger | To attend own doctor. |
| „ 22 | ss. "Athel Price" | „ | 1 | Crew | To receive attention at Falmouth. |
| „ 22 | ss. "Korean Prince" | Gonorrhoea | 2 | Passengers | To attend hospital. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Prometheus" | „ | 1 | Crew | Treated on board. |
| „ 24 | ss. "Paraguay" | Soft Chancre | 1 | „ | Well on arrival. |
| „ 27 | ss. "Port Hunter" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| Carried forward | 157 | ||||