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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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Venerea Diseases — continued.
| Date. | Name of Vessel. | Nature of Case. | No. of Cases. | Passenger or Crew Rating. | Advice given. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929. | Brought forward | 157 | |||
| June .29 | ss. "Morea" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | Landed at Colombo. |
| „ | 1 | „ | To attend Clinic in Oxford. | ||
| Climatic Bubo | 1 | „ | Landed at Shanghai. | ||
| July. 1 | ss. "Cheshire" | Syphilis Gonorrhœa | 1 1 | Passenger Crew | For private treatment. To attend Clinic near home. |
| „ 2 | ss. "Jamaica Settler" | „ | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 6 | ss. "Inventor" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „ 7 | ss. "Diomed" | „ | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „ 7 | ss. "Ausonia" | Orchitis | 1 | „ | „ „ |
| „9 | ss. "Katori Mara" | Soft Chancres | 2 | „ | „ „ |
| „9 | ss. "Malda" | Gonorrhœal Geet | 2 | „ | „ „ |
| „ 10 | ss."Haliartus" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | „ | Landed at Madras. |
| ,, 11 | ss. "Dardanus" | Soft Chancre | 1 | „ | To attend hospital. |
| „ 12 | ss. "City of Newcastle" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | Landed at Port Said. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Rodney star" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Councillor" | Climatic Bubo | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Mooltan" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | „ Passengers | Treated on board. „ „ |
| „ 13 | ss. "Matra" | „ | 1 | Crew | „ „ |
| „ 15 | ss. "City of Carlisle" | Syphilis | 1 | „ | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 15 | ss. "Delta" | „ | 2 | Passenger | Proceeded to R.N. Hospital, |
| Chatham; | |||||
| Gonorrhœa | 3 | „ | 2 to attend Military Hospital, | ||
| Netley. | |||||
| 1 to attend private practitioner. | |||||
| „ 15 | ss. "Suecia" | „ | 1 | „ | Refused leave to land (Alien). |
| „ 18 | ss. "Baradine" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | Landed at Sydney. |
| „ 19 | ss. "Rotti" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | „ | To attend hospital in Amsterdam. |
| „ 21 | ss. "American Trader" | Cerebral Syphilis | 1 | „ | Treated on board. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Aeneas" | Climatic Bubo | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Glamorganshire" | Syphilis Gonorrhœa | 1 1 | ” ” | Landed at Curacao. „ Colon. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Lahoie" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 24 | ss. "Chancellor" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 27 | ss. "Gltngorm Castle" | ” | 1 | Passenger | Well on arrival. |
| Syphilis | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. | ||
| „ 28 | ss. "Clan Lindsay" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | Landed at Madras. |
| „ 28 | ss. "Jason" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | To attend private hospital in London or Bristol. |
| „ 29 | ss. "Hazelside" | ” | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 30 | ss. "Llandaff Castle" | ” | 2 | ” | Treated on board. To attend Clinic. |
| Gonorrhœa | 2 | ” | Treated on board. | ||
| „ 31 | ss. "Historian" | Soft Sore | 1 | ” | Treated on board and cured. |
| Aug. 1 | ss. "Myrmidon" | Climatic Bubo | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 1 | ss. "Modasa" | Syphilis and Gonorrhœa. | 3 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 2 | ss. "Mantua" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | Landed at Bombay. |
| „ 3 | ss. "Manora" | ” | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „4 | ss. "Atreus" | ” | 1 | ” | Landed at Port Said. |
| „ 4 | ss. "Ausonia" | Syphilis | 1 | D.B.S. | To attend home Clinic. |
| „ 7 | ss. "Perseus" | ” | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 10 | ss. "Tantalus" | Syphilis and Gonorrhœa. | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 11 | ss. "Cinderley" | Syphilis | 2 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „14 | ss. "Georcios M" | Bubo | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 16 | ss. "Eurybates" | Gonorrhœa Syphilis | 1 2 | ” ” | Treated on board. ” ” |
| „17 | ss. "Matadin" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | Landed at Colombo. |
| „ 17 | ss. "Garth Castle" | Syphilis | 2 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „20 | ss. "City of Johannes-berg." | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| Carried forward | 224 | ||||