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Particulars of any standing Exemptions from the Provisions of Article 14.
None have been made save those described in the Report for the year 1937.
Experience of working Article 16.
(1) Since ships are cleared in the River immediately on arrival, no difficulty has
been experienced in preventing the embarkation or disembarkation of unauthorised
persons.
(2) The arrangements for the surveillance of contacts have again been facilitated
by the use of the "Business Reply Card" system, described in detail in the Report
for 1937.
What Arrangements have been made for:—
(a) Premises and waiting rooms for medical examination ?
(b) Cleansing and disinfection of ships, persons and clothing, and other
articles ?
(c) Premises for the temporary accommodation of persons for whom such
accommodation is required for the purposes of the Regulations ?
(d) Hospital accommodation available for Plague, Cholera, Yellow Fever,
Smallpox and other Infectious Diseases ?
The arrangements remain as described in the Report for the year 1937.
(e) Ambulance Transport.
The boarding launch "Howard Deighton," and the Upper River launch
"Frederick Whittingham," have continued to give excellent service. The new launch
"Alfred Robertson" was put in commission during May, and has been used principally
for the routine inspection of ships lying in the Middle River District. The vessel is,
however, capable of taking over the work of the boarding launch "Howard Deighton"
when she is laid up for overhaul or is for any reason temporarily out of commission.
(f) Supervision of Contacts.
No changes have been made in the arrangements described in the Report for the
year 1937.
Arrangements for the Bacteriological or Pathological Examination of
Rats for Plague.
Arrangements made for other Bacteriological or Pathological Examinations.
Both remain as reported in detail in 1937.
Arrangements for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Venereal Diseases
amongst Sailors.
The importance of the early and skilful treatment of Venereal Disease is such that
no apology is made for repeating here, in extenso, the following information, which
gives in detail the clinics and times of attendance at which skilled treatment, free of
charge and under conditions of secrecy, can be obtained.
London.
Seamen's Hospital, King William Syphilis—Monday and Wednesday,
Street, Greenwich, S.E. 10. 7 p.m. Gonorrhoea—Tuesday, 6 p.m.;
Friday, 7 p.m. (Merchant Seamen may
attend at any other time.)
Miller General Hospital, Greenwich Daily, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Road, Greenwich, S.E. 10.
Seamen's Hospital, Royal Albert Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday,
Dock, E. 16. 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 Daily, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday,
Clinic), Turner Street, Mile End, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
E. 1.