Hospital:accommodation.
Medical Officer.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL AT SIALKOT FOR THE YEAR 1839:
A—There has been no change in the hospital accommodation during
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the year The building conveniently situated, and has
provided good and more than sufficient accommodation:
B.—Surgeon-Major W A. Mawson,. I.M.S., has
been in medical charge during the whole year.
o f
venereal diseases amongst the British troops in garrison.
The average strength of the garrison has been 1,254, and
the number of admissions into hospital for venereal 596, exclusive of 6 cases trans
ferred from other hospitals. This gives a ratio of 475.28 per 1,000 of strength
In 1888 the average strength of the garrison was 1,180, the total admissions
for venereal 338, and the ratio per mille 286 . 44. During the year 1887, when the
Contagious Diseases Act was in operation, the ratio per mille was only 212 80 : it
is now more than double that amount, and is almost certain to go on increasing
as more women become diseased. The weekly returns have been regularly
received.
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Table showing prevalence of Veneral Disease amongst British Troops at Siálkot during the last
five years.
1885.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
Average, strength
. . .
. . .
...
867
1,118
1,156
1,180
1,254
Admission:
. . .
. . .
. . .
232
286
246
338
596
Ratio per 1,000
...
...
...
267 . 59 255 . 81 212 . 80 286 .44 475.28
The increase of disease has been general in all the different branches of the
service in garrison.
Table showing the various forms of Veneral Disease occurring amongst the British Troops at
Siálkot in 1889 .
DISEASES.
Total num-
ber of
admissions.
Per cent.
of total
admissions .
Ratio per
mills of
average
strength,
REMARKS
Gonorrhoea
...
. . .
. . .
228
38.3
182
Syphilis, primary ..
. . .
...
256
43.0
204
"
secondary ...
. . .
. . .
57
9.5
45
*Other varieties
...
. . .
55
9.2
44
* Includes ulcer of penis, inflammation and warts, &c., of venereal origin.
Total average strength, 1,254.
D.—The Lock Hospital Sub-Committee comprises the Deputy Commis-
sioner, the Commanding Officer of a British Regiment, the
Senior Medical Officer, the Cantonment Magistrate and the
District Superintendent of Police. These have not assembled monthly, but as
occasion required.
E.—Since the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act of 1880, which
occur r ed i n 1888- t her e has been no pol i ce super vi si on and no
legal check on prostitution licensed or unlicensed.
Venereal disease amongst
the British troops.
Lock Hospital Sub-Com.
mittee.
P o l i c e . s u p e r v i s i o n . F — I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h i n s t r u c t i o n s f r o m t h e Q u a r t e r m a s t e r - G e n e r a l i n I n d i a , n o r e g i s t e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s i s n o w k e p t a n d t h e r e f o r e n o a c c u r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n o f t h e n u m b e r o f w o m e n i s a v a i l a b l e , b u t t h e n u m b e r o f p r o f e s s i o n a l p r o s t i t u t e s r e s i d i n g i n t h e a u t h o r i s e d " c h u c k l a " h a s d e c r e a s e d . N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s .
F.--In accordance with instructions from the Quartermaster-General in
India, no register of prostit utes is now kept, and therefore
no accurate information of the number of women is available;
but the number of professional prostitutes residing in the authorised " chuckla "
has decreased.
Number of prostitutes.