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Skilled treatment free of charge and under conditions of secrecy can be
obtained at the following clinics at the times stated:—
London.
Seamen's Hospital, King William Street, Greenwich, S.E. 10. Syphilis—Monday and Wednesday
7 p.m. Gonorrhœa—Tuesday, 6 p.m.;
Friday, 7 p.m. (Merchant Seamen may
attend at any other time.)
Miller General Hospital, Greenwich Road, Greenwich, S.E. 10. Daily, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Dock, E. 16. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday,
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to
12.30 p.m. (Merchant Seamen may
attend at any other time.)
London Hospital (Whitechapel Clinic), Turner Street, Mile End, E. 1. Daily, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Guy's Hospital, St. Thomas Street, Borough, S.E. 1. Daily, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
St. Thomas's Hospital, Westminster Bridge, S.E. 1. Daily, 8 a.m to 10 p.m.; Sunday,
10 a.m. to 12 noon.
St. Paul's Hospital, Endell Street, Covent Garden, W.C. 2. Daily, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday,
10 a.m. to noon and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 20, Golden Lane, E.C. 1. Monday, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursday,
12 noon to 2 p.m.
Gravesend.
22, Cobham Street, Gravesend. Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 12.45 p.m.; Thursday,
4.45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
The Sanitary Inspectors carry with them copies of this notice and leave one,
in the appropriate language, on every ship they visit. By courtesy of the Port of
London Authority this notice is also posted in all the latrines on the dock estate.
It is the duty of the Sanitary Inspectors to see that the notices are in the languages
of the seamen on board ships in the vicinity, and also that they are renewed when
necessary. Though they are not protected in any way, the notices have suffered much
less defacement than was anticipated.
In 1932 it was suggested to the British Council for the Welfare of the Mercantile
Marine that Notice Boards should be erected at the exits from the docks, on which
should be displayed information regarding the situation of local hospitals, clinics,
sailors' homes, boarding houses, facilities for recreation, &c. It was felt that if
seamen had ready access to this information, those who needed medical treatment
would be more likely to seek attention promptly instead of postponing it until they
reached their home port, and those who sought amusement would have a definite
goal to make for on leaving the docks instead of wandering aimlessly about the streets,
an easy prey to the varied temptations of the neighbourhood.
The British Council accepted the suggestions, but unfortunately funds were not
available to provide glass-covered notice boards large enough to display all the
information originally proposed. However, maps of the dock area were secured and
the situation of hospitals, clinics, sailors' homes, churches and recreation rooms were
clearly marked thereon.
The Corporation of the City, as the Port Sanitary Authority, made a grant of £25
from City's Cash to defray the cost of framing 41 of these maps which have, by
permission of the Port of London Authority, been fixed at 39 dock exits.
Arrangements for the interment of dead.
When cases of infectious sickness die in the Port Sanitary Hospital, arrangements
for interment are made with an undertaker in Gravesend.