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The powers of the Contagious Diseases Act should be extended to the city and
bazaars. Soldiers might justly be punished for contracting disease. If the soldiers
were occasionally inspected they could not conceal disease to escape punishment, or
could be punished if found to have concealed it. Such measures might be effective
to prevent excessive disease. .And soldiers should not be admitted to the canteen
for 14 days after discharge from hospital for venereal disease.
In consideration of the extraordinary disease prevalence of the year of report, the
Medical Officer thinks the strong measure of placing the city out of bounds perma-
nently to the soldier should be enforced.
The Sub-Committee assembled once a month throughout the year. The expen-
diture for the year was less by Rs. 236-10-0 than in 1881—a saving due to the em-
ployment of a hospital assistant of lower grade, and to the fewer number of women
supported in hospital.
25. The Deputy Surgeon-General concurs in the views of the report, and
expresses the belief that, until unregistered prostitutes are specially dealt with, the
full value of lock hospital management will not be realized.
26. The General Commanding entirely agrees with the remarks of the Deputy
Surgeon-General.
27. The Cantonment Magistrate reports that very few unregistered women were
arrested during the year. And those, chiefly, old offenders undeterred by the small-
ness of the punishment that can be inflicted. It will be impossible to prevent the
spread of disease so long as the rules are in force only within cantonment limits. This
fact becomes better known each year, and prostitutes, or persons employed by them,
are always on the alert, at the cantonment boundary, to allure the soldier.
28. The Deputy Commissioner of the district thinks the municipal authorities
might well frame a bye-law, to hit the prostitutes, who haunt the cantonment bound-
ary, at night fall. Rule 17, chapter III. of existing rules is not wide enough.
29. The Commissioner thinks the facts of the report furnish strongest proof of
the necessity for special rules, such as those now under consideration. In 1881
results were unsatisfactory, in 1882 they are worse than ever—a disheartening con-
clusion, calling imperatively for remedy.
The appointment of a Joint-Committee, as contemplated in para. 8 of the Govern-
ment order upon last year's report, holds out the best hope of effectual remedy, and
the sooner the committee can be appointed the better.
6.—BAREILLY.
30. During the year 1882 a monthly average of 109 women remained on the
register, against 113 in 1881.
The results of the management have been fairly satisfactory. For the nine years,
1874-82, the ratios of admissions to hospital for venereal disease amongst the Euro-
pean garrison have been 165, 140,89, 142, 235, 338, 292, 175, and 238 per 1,000
of daily average strength.
The Medical Officer reports favourably in regard to the hospital situation, accom-
modation, and condition during the year. One Medical Officer remained in charge
throughout the year, and the most attentive and trustworthy Native Doctor, Karim
Baksh, still kept to his post as resident subordinate. The matron as before gave satis-
faction in every way. The Sub-Committee assembled monthly.
Amongst the registered women there was some increase of disease as compared
with 1881, an increase due to the importation of disease from coolie women, who
meet the soldiers in unfrequented lanes—just beyond the cantonment boundary. Of
registered women pointed out by soldiers as causing disease only two were found dis-
eased upon examination, The greatest care was taken to discover disease amongst