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arrangements have been made for numerous parties of seamen to visit places of
interest and also sporting events. It is hoped to be able to carry out an inspection
of seamen's lodgings, cafes, &c., and to award a special badge to be displayed by
those which can be recommended.
A great deal of very valuable work on behalf of seamen is carried out by the
Missions to Seamen and other voluntary organisations, but there remains a wide
field of welfare work Avhich is outside their scope and indeed beyond their powers.
It is in this field that Port Welfare Committees hope to be able to extend their
work, but so far their activities have been restricted by lack of funds. The City
Corporation made a generous grant of £500 from City's Cash in 1936, and the following
year the Port Health Authority made a contribution of 100 guineas.
Arrangements for the Interment of the Dead.
When cases of infectious sickness die in the Port Isolation Hospital, arrangements
for interment are made with an undertaker in Gravesend.

Note.—The following cases of infectious disease occurred on Training Ships moored in the Thames:—
Measles 30.
In addition 1 case of Scarlet Fever and 1 case of Diptheria occurred on Houseboats;
and 1 case of Diptheria occurred at the Police House, Millwall Dock.