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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 | 224 | |||
| Aug. 22 | ss. "Dunluce Castle" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | Crew | Treated on board. |
| „ 23 | ss. "Highland Monarch" | I | 1 | D.B.S. | ” ” |
| „ 23 | ss. "Ranpura" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | ” ” |
| „ 24 | ss. "Balaena" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” ” | |
| „ 24 | ss. "Trojanstar" | ” | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. | |
| „ 26 | ss. "Staffordshire" | ” | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 27 | ss. "Clan Chaitan" | ” | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| „ 29 | ss. "Ormonde" | ” | 1 | ” | Landed at Plymouth. |
| „ 29 | ss. "Almedastar" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | Landed at Buenos Aires. |
| „ 30 | ss. "City of Chester" | Orchitis | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury. |
| Oct. 1 | ss. "Nortonia" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 1 | ss. "King Malcolm" | ” | 1 | Passenger | ” ” ” |
| „ 3 | ss. "Suwa Mara" | ” | ” | Treated on board. | |
| 5 | ss. "Azul" | ” | 1 | ” | ” ” |
| „ 6 | ss. "Amarapoora" | ,, | 1 | ” | ” ” |
| ”66 | ss. "Naldera" | ” | 1 | Passenger | Landed at Colombo. |
| „ 8 | ss. "Gladiator" | Soft Chancre | 1 | ” | Landed to hospital at Port Said. |
| „ 8 | ss. "Quarrington Court" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 8 | ss. "Teiresias" | ” | 1 | Passenger | Treated on board. |
| „ 8 | ss. "Arracan" | ” | 1 | Crew | ” ” |
| „ 12 | ss. "City of Windsor" | Syphilitic Rupia] | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury Dock. |
| „ 12 | ss. "Patroclus" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Cheniston" | ” | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock |
| „ 13 | mv." Paulo Laut" | ” | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 13 | ss. "Bazmak" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Tilbury Dock. |
| Gonorrhoea | 2 | ” | ” ” ” | ||
| „ 16 | ss. "Nagoya" | Soft Chancre | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 19 | ss. "Chindwin" | Gonorrhoea | 2 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 21 | ss. "Llanishen" | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. | |
| „ 21 | mv. "Glenogle" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 22 | ss. "Normanstar" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | Landed to hospital at Buenos Aires. |
| ,, 22 | ss. "Leuna" | ” ” ” | 1 1 1 | ” ” ” | Landed at Hamburg. „ Sourabaya. „ Batavia. |
| „ 24 | ss. "Mandala" | ” | 1 | D.B.S. | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 26 | ss. "Clan Malcolm" | Syphilis | 1 | Crew | Landed at Bombay. |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | „ Malabar. | ||
| „ 26 | ss. "Gloucester Castle" | Soft Sore | 1 | D.B.S. | To attend Clinic in Manchester. |
| „ 26 | ss. "Bendu" | Primary Syphilis | 2 | Crew | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 28 | ss. "Stuartstar" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| Nov. 1 | ss. "Achilles" | Soft Chancre | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 1 | ss. "Umkuzi" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | ” ” |
| „ 3 | mv."Highland Chieftain" | ” | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | ” ” ” | ||
| „ 4 | ss. "Narkunda" | ” Syphilis | 1 1 | ” ” | Landed at Bombay. ” ” |
| „ 5 | ss. "Manilia" | Soft Sore | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| „ 7 | ss. "Carmania" | Gonorrhoea | 1 | ” | Treated on board. |
| „ 7 | ss. "Kashmir" | ” | 1 | ” | ” ” |
| „ 7 | ss. "City of Bristol" | Primary Syph. Syphilis | ilis 1 1 | ” ” | ” ” To attend Seamen's Hospital, |
| Tilbury Dock. | |||||
| „ 10 | ss. "Mangalore" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | ” ” ” |
| „ 13 | ss. "Alaunia" | Syphilis | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. |
| „ 14 | ss. "Hakusan Maru" | Gonorrhœa | 1 | ” | To attend Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock. |
| Carried forward | 287 | ||||