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servants, &c., of the establishment hard by. These several structures are under the con-
trol of the resident dhai and chaukidar ; they are visited daily by the native doctor on
duty, and I can testify from frequent personal inspection that the general surround-
ings and economy of the building are, in a good sanitary state. A sub-committee of
the standing station sanitary board, of which the deputy commissioner is an ex-officio
member, visits the institution once a month, when any representations I may consider
it my duty to make are considered or recorded ; and the following table so fully
describes, the accommodation available for hospital purposes as to preclude the necessity
of my going into further detail on the point in this place :—
Table No. 1.—Return showing the measurement of the wards, &c., of the lock-hospital
at Sitapur.
Wards.
L e n g t h i n f e e t . B r e a d t h i n f e e t .
H e i g h t n f e e t .
A r e a i n f e e t .
C u b i c c o n t e n t s i n f e e t .
N o . o f b e d s .
Remarks.
Main ward ...
... 47
20 14¾ 940 1.3,865 10 There are also three attached com-
partments in which as many tubs
are kept for ablutionary purposes,
and these are not included in the
measurements submitted. here-
with.
Ward at north end ... 22¾ 20 14 ¾ 455 6,711
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Establishment.—The establishment at present entertained consists of
—
1 . M e d i c a l o f f i c e r o n R s . 5 0 p e r m e n s e m .
2. A native doctor. on Rs. 10 per mensem.
3. Bhisti and cook on Rs. 10 per mensem.
4. A sweeper on Rs. 4 per mensem.
5. Four dhaies on Its. 6 each. Rs. 24 per menscm.
6. A chaukidari on Rs. 4 per mensem.
Funds for the payment of this establishment were heretofore provided out of
local sources, but these having failed, or become so much reduced by the long-continued
drought of the last summer as to be no longer sufficient, an application had to be made
for aid through the military authorities to the Government of India to supply the
deficiency, and this has been recently afforded. The wages, &c., that were in arrears
since, September last have been received by me through the station staff officer, and
duly paid up to the 31st December last inclusive.
Police control and medical superintendence.— Three police detectives are specially
told off for the purpose of preventing secret or unlicensed prostitution, whose duty it
is to, look, out for and, arrest such villagers or vagrant women as they may find out at
unseasonable hours in the. jungle, or under trees, or as they may have reason to sus-
pect of irregular practices elsewhere. The barrack police are also warned in the
same direction, and, speaking generally, I may say that the police control or supervi-
sion has been on the whole efficiently carried out during the year. Cases of hard-
ship or improper arrest, do doubtless .sometimes occur, but these are disposed of by the
cantonment magistrate, and so lax or ill-defined , are the relations between many of these
women and their paramours that it is not always , easy to draw the line between actual
prostitution and mere concubinage Some of them undoubtedly ply their vocations
promiscuously while living nominally under the protection of some sowar or other
native official; others say they cannot be diseased, inasmuch as they confine their favours
to some individual or within a very narrow circle. But I find one, class is just as
liable to disease as the other, and so I make the rule in regard of an examination.
absolute, unless, indeed, I am told officially that such or such a person is entitled. to
exemption on the score of her being married or otherwise provided for.
Medical officers.— The medical officers who held charge of this hospital during
the past year were Surgeon Carter, M.B., AMD., Surgeon-Major , Ellis, M.D., Civil.