4
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
2. Registration.—The average number of registered women, at each station
where the lock hospital system was in
force, is shown in the table in the mar-
gin for the past two years. The de-
crease in 1888 was as follows per cent.
of the strength in 1887: Bangalore 38.5,
Belgaum 40.7, Kamptee 29.1, Secun-
derabad 28.4, Bellary 39.0, Cannanore
75, St Thomas' Mount 45.4, Welling-
ton 31.0. The large decrease of 75 per
cent. on the previous year at Cannanore
is due to lock hospital rules having been
in abeyance at that station, as before
stated, from the 1st of April 1888.
3. Surveillance.—As is seen from the marginal table, in six of the eight
stations, the ratio per mille of the aver-
age number of women who attended for
examination was less than in the previ-
ous year. In Cannanore and Belgaum
an increase is shown; in the latter sta-
tion, the ratio is not only greater than
the previous year, but than any previous
year. The explanation of this is that
here a number of women attended
inspections subsequently to the abolition
of compulsory registration, and thus the
usual ratio between registration and inspection is altered.
Stations.
Average number of
women on the
register.
1887.
1888.
Bangalore... ... ... 70.17
43.63
Bellary .. ... . . .
105.50
64.46
Belgaum ... ... ... ... 118.13
70.69
Cannanore
... ... ...
32.73
8.31
Kamptee... ... ... ... 48.14
34.71
St. Thomas' Mount ... ...
33.00
18.58
Secunderabad ... ... ... 257.16 184.69
Wellington
... ... ...
29.91
20.34
Stations.
1887.
1888.
Bangalore
... ... ... 351.43 302.54
Bellary ... ... ... ...
357.44 324.07
Belgaum .,. ... ... ... 792.91 1103.40
Cannanore
... ... ...
745.49 760.52
Kamptee... ... ... ...
797.05 745.31
St. Thomas' Mount ... ...
967.58 922.49
Secunderabad ... ... ...
880.73 848.39
Wellington... ... ... 515.88 470.50
Stations.
1887.
1888.
Bangalore ... ... ...
261
144
Bellary ... ... ...
473
324
Belgaum ... ... ...
270
259
Cannanore... ... ...
84
16
Kamptee ... ... ...
57
34
St. Thomas' Mount
...
201
92
Secunderabad ... ...
654
404
Wellington... ... ...
119
55
4. Number of women admitted into
hospitals.—A comparative statement of
admissions to hospitals during the past
two years is given in the marginal table.
The decrease under this heading in the
year under report as compared with
previous years is of course very marked
as a result of the abolition of inspection.
5.
Statistics of sickness among the women.
Years.
Number treated,
including
" remained."
Average daily sick.
Average stay of
each case in
hospital.
1884 ...
...
...
2,911
170.78
21.47
1885 ...
... ...
1,880
113.85
22.10
1886 ...
... ...
2,451
183.38
27.30
1887 ...
... ...
2,584
200.91
28.37
1888 ...
... ...
1,692
123.39
26.67
The amount of detected venereal disease among prostitutes is greatly lessened
by the same cause. During the latter portion of the year admission to hospital
was voluntary, and it must be remembered, that, however willing the women may
be to undergo treatment in hospital, they are frequently unaware that they are
diseased, until disease has reached a more advanced stage than it would under
inspection, and, in certain cases, they may not be aware of the existence of disease
at all. It must be noted here, as it was in last year's report, in estimating the
comparative value of the above table for the five years, that the Lock Hospitals
at Cannanore and Bellary were closed during nine months in 1885, and the former
for six and a half months, and the latter for two and a half months in 1886; also