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MILITARY LOCK HOSPITALS, MADRAS PRESIDENCY.
Strength on register, 31st December 1886
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... 30
Number added during the year ... ... ... ... ... ...
5
Total ... 35
Removed from the register during the year
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... 7
Remaining on the 31st December 1887 ...
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... 28
There are no fees levied.
The women have been fairly regular in their attendance. Thirty-two cases were reported
for their non-attendance to the Superintendent of Police, 2 were fined at 2 annas each, 3
imprisoned, and the rest were excused.
The women are examined every Friday morning, and those found diseased are detained for
treatment.
During the year there were 201 admissions against 149 in the previous year. There were
47 venereal diseases—primary syphilis 2, secondary syphilis 7, gonorrhœa 38, against primary
syphilis 5, secondary syphilis 1, and gonorrhœa 11 in 1886.
No Dhaies were employed.
Recommend that a Dhaie may be employed, as it has been discovered that some women who
are not registered practise prostitution, and in many cases disease has been. contracted by soldiers
from these women.
Extracts from the Annual Medical Report of the Lock Hospital, Belgaum, by
Surgeon W. L. LANE.
As the Sanitary Medical officer of the cantonment and the Medical officer in charge of
the Lock Hospital were standing members of the Cantonment Committee, and the latter used
to bring to the Committee all subjects and wantings of the Lock Hospital, it was considered
unnecessary to appoint a Sub-Committee separately for the purpose of exercising special super-
vision over the rules.
The military police have strict orders to prevent women from loitering about the lines after
hours. These women, who are carrying on private prostitution, when detected, were registered
and made amenable to the rules.
During the year 130 prostitutes were on the register, showing an increase of 12 as com-
pared with the previous years. During the year the names of 8 prostitutes were removed from
the register. All classes of prostitutes are registered and made amenable to the rules; the
registration rule is enforced over an area of 5 miles.
No registration fees have been levied.
The women have been fairly regular in attendance at periodical examinations. The irregu-
larities are attributable to the following:—Women, with the object of avoiding detection at the
inspections, absent themselves, and many women. going on leave fail to appear for examination
at the expiration of leave. The number of women reported for non-attendance is 140. The
absentees, as a rule, are fined, but those who cannot afford to pay the fines are sent to jail. The
amount of fines realised is Rs. (46-4-0) forty-six and annas four only.
The arrangements are the following:—One inspection room, one detaining room and another
f or us i ng r e j e c t i ons , a mp; c . The i ns pe c t i on r oom i s a s e pa r a t e a pa r t me nt , t he door s a nd wi ndows
closed with lined Clinks so as to be absolutely private. The dressing of the patients is done in
the same room.
The number of admissions during the year is 270, which shows an increase of 8 to the
previous year. The following are the numbers of venereal under each head: —
(1) Gonorrhœa
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113
(2) Syphilis, primary
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91
(3) Syphilis, secondary
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1
(4) Ulcer os uteri ...
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25
Almost all cases of gonorrhœa admitted were of a milder type
.
Non-venereal cases among the women are the following —
(1) Leucorrhœa
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38
(2) Abscess vagina
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1
(3) Condylomata ...
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1
Two detective Dhaies have been employed. Their performance of duties is most unsatis-
factory, on account of which one of the old Dhaies had to be dismissed and replaced.
Undersigned is strongly of opinion that a good many cases of venereal are contracted
from unregistered prostitutes; about half the number of men admitted to hospital failed to point
out the women from whom they contracted the disease. This has been brought to the notice of
the Cantonment Committee.
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