12.
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
to the hospital at Kamptee for treatment, when found diseased. The reasons for
this step are the great expense of the institution compared with results, and the
inefficiency of the working of the Act, inasmuch as only prostitutes in Seetabuldee
are, registered, while there is a large number of unregistered women in the
neighbouring city of Nagpur, whom it would be found inconvenient to bring under
supervision.
20. Thayetmyo.— There was a decline in registration in this station in 1878,
the number brought on the list having been 23, while in 1877 it amounted to 34.
The following list shows the number of cases of the chief venereal diseases treated
in the Lock Hospital in 1877 and 1878:—
1878.
1877.
Primary syphilis
...
...
...
...
. . .
1 3 4
Gonorrhœa
...
...
...
. . . 23
32
It will be observed that notwithstanding the decrease in registered women,
there was a marked increase in syphilis. The returns for British troops at the
station during the same years show the following results:—
1878.
1877.
Primary syphilis
...
...
...
...
... 24
20
Gonorrhœa
...
...
...
. . .
... 20
33
All the registered women in this cantonment are obliged to live in a specified
locality, and to appear weekly for examination. They were less regular in their
attendance at the periodical examinations in 1878 than in 1877. The type of
disease presenting amongst both troops and women is said not to have been
virulent.
21. Tonghoo.—The following figures illustrate the working of the Act in this
station during the year:—
1878.
Remained on the register on the 1st January
...
...
...
16
Registered during the year
. . .
....
...
7
Number who absconded or removed their names from the register ...
8
Remained on the register on the 31st December
...
...
...
15
The annexed abstract shows the cases of the chief forms of disease treated in the
Lock Hospital:—
1878.
1877.
• • •
Primary syphilis
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
9
21
Gonorrhœa
...
...
. . . •••
••
••
7
33
These figures show a marked decline of contagious disease in 1878. The results
amongst British troops in the station were as follows:—
1878.
1877.
Primary syphilis
...
...
...
...
. . .
... 26
19
G onorrhœa
...
... ... ...
. . .
...
19
25
It is reported that of the 26 cases of primary syphilis treated in 1878, 11 men
contracted the disease in Rangoon, leaving a balance of 15 against Tonghoo.
Nearly all the cases of primary syphilis occurred in the 44th Regiment and chiefly.
in the first four months of the year, or shortly after their arrival at the station. The
women were, as a rule, regular in their attendance at the periodical examinations.
22. Trichinopoly .—There was an increase of 7 in the number of women
brought on the register in 1878, as contrasted with the previous year. The attend-
ance of the registered women at the weekly examinations was rather irregular.
Most of the cases admitted into hospital were of a mild type, but there were
exceptions in women brought from famine camps and outlying suburbs, in whom
the ravages of disease had been aggravated by starvation and filth. The following
figures show the chief forms of disease treated in the Lock Hospital during each of
the past two years:—
1878.
1877.
Primary syphilis
...
...
...
...
...
... 116
32
Gonorrhœa...
...
...
. . .
... 83
44