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LOCK HOSPITALS, MADRAS PRESIDENCY.
Years.
Total
Admissions,
exclusive
o f
R e m a i n e d .
Cases
of Primary
Syphilis,
exclusive of
Remained.
Ratio of Cases
of Primary
Syphilis per
1,000 of
Admissions.
1874 (Tonghoo included) ...
...
1,146
419
365.61
1875
...
...
...
1,440
337
234. 02
1876
...
...
... ...
1,418
391
275.74
1877
...
... ...
2,140
627
292.99
1878
...
...
...
... 2,646
1,049
396.44
It is noted with regret, that the admissions for the most dangerous form of
venereal disease were relatively much more numerous in 1878 than in any preceding
year of the series. In 1877 the rate per thousand of cases of primary syphilis to
total admissions was 292.99, while in the year under review it rose to 396.44, a
proportion fraught with imminent peril to the troops. In Civil Lock Hospitals also,
as will be seen from the annexed statement, there was an increase in the ratio of
admissions for primary syphilis, although to a less extent :—
Years.
Total Admissions, exclusive
of Remained.
Cases of Primary Syphilis,
exclusive of Remained.
Ratio of Cases of Primary
Syphilis per 1,000 of
Admissions.
M a d r a s .
R a n g o o n .
T o n g h o o . T h a y e t m y o .
Total.
M a d r a s .
R a n g o o n .
T o n g h o o . T h a y e t m y o .
Total.
M a d r a s .
R a n g o o n .
T o n g h o o .
T h a y e t m y o .
Total.
1874 ... ... 862 352 ... ... 1,214 221 249 ... ... 470 256.38 7 0 7 . 3 8 ... ... 387.14
1875 ... ...
757 No returns
received.
69 826 281 No returns
received.
25 306 371.20 No returns
received.
362.31370.46
1876 ... ... 826 No re-
turns,
62 67 955 313 No re-
turns.
10 15 338 378.93 No re-
turns.
149.25 241.93353.92
1877 ... ... 910 950 No re-
turns.
47 1,907 397 600 No re-
turns.
4 1,001 436.26 631.57 No re-
turns.
85.10524.90
1878 ... ... 1,053 941 20 59 2,073 628 562 9 13 1,212 596.39 597.23 450.00 220.33584.65
It is unsafe to hazard any opinion as to the cause of this increase, but it may
have been partly the result of the advent of women from outlying villages, referred
to in paragraph 6, and partly due to more vigorous registration, whereby diseased
women not previously under surveillance have been brought on the register.
8. Relation of Admissions for Primary Syphilis amongst European Troops to the
Admissions for the same Disease into Lock Hospitals.— The following table contrasts
the admissions for primary syphilis amongst European troops with the correspond-
ing admissions into Lock Hospitals, during the past five years :—
Years.
Admissions. A d m i s s i o n s .
European Troops. Lock Hospitals.
1874
...
... ... ... ...
860
889
1875 (Tonghoo included)
...
...
739
643
1876
...
...
...
...
...
660
729
1877
...
...
...
...
... 1,037
1,649
1878
...
...
...
...
...
1,142
2,261
The relative proportion of cases of primary syphilis in Lock Hospitals to the
admissions under that head amongst European troops was much larger in 1878,
than in any of the preceding years of the series. To this increase of disease
amongst the women may be attributed the rise in admissions amongst the troops.
9. Ratio of Admissions for Venereal Disease in the European Force.— The
following abstract shows the rate of admission during each of the past five years,
and it will be observed that the results have been specially unfavorable in 1878 :—
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