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Although Denton Hospital has been taken over by the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board, the Disinfecting Station, containing a Washington Lyons Steam Disinfector. is available for
the disinfection of clothing, bedding, etc., and for the cleansing of cases of scabies.
SECTION VII—SMALLPOX.
(1) Name of Isolation Hospital to which smallpox cases are sent from the district.
Denton Hospital is situated on the south bank of the River about a mile below Gravesend. The
hospital buildings comprise a small administrative block and nurses' home, three ward blocks (one a
cubicle ward wit h eight cubicles), a laundry, a disinfection station, a porter's cottage and a mortuary.
Cases can be landed from the ambulance launch at a jetty and be wheeled straight into the hospital.
In the event of a case or cases of smallpox one of the ward blocks (the smallpox block) could be
opened for the reception and nursing of patients. Alternatively, patients may be removed to other
approved hospitals under the management of the South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
(2) Arrangements for transport of such cases to that hospital by ambulance giving the name of the
Authority responsible for the ambulance and the vaccinal state of the ambulance crews.
The removal of a case or cases from a vessel to Denton Hospital would be carried out by the Port
Health Authority's Ambulance Launch and that Authority would be responsible for the vaccinal state
of the ambulance crew.
In the case of patients removed to other isolation hospitals the responsible body would be the
South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board.
(3) Names of smallpox consultants available.
Dr. W. T. Boul. Dr. J. P. Marsden.
Dr. W. J. Coughlan. Dr. M. T. Mitman.
Dr. H. S. Banks. Dr. J. W. Armstrong.
(4) Facilities for laboratory diagnosis of smallpox.
Facilities are available at the Virus Laboratory of the Central Public Health Laboratory at Colindale.
SECTION VIII—VENEREAL DISEASES.
The Venereal Diseases are not compulsorily notifiable but efforts are made to bring to the notice
of all seamen using the Port, the facilities for free treatment under the Brussels Agreement.
When the Medical Officers board ships on arrival they always enquire whether there are any cases
of venereal disease on board. Should there be a known case, the infected person's attention is drawn
to the importance of obtaining skilled treatment as soon as possible and he is given a list of addresses
of the Clinics near the ship's berth in London and the times at which cases may attend.
Similarly the Sanitary Inspectors have a supply of pamphlets listing the names and addresses of
places of treatment available. This notice is printed in 21 different languages and is posted up at
vantage points throughout the whole dock area.
SECTION IX—Cases of notifiable and other infectious diseases on ships.

* Training ship "Worcester."
† Coastwise Vessels.
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