Arrangements for exa-
mining and treating
women of city and canton-
ments.
Disease amongst the
women.
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placed úpon the register and compelled to attend once a week (Mondays)
at the Lock Hospital, when a careful inspection was made of each. Each.
woman was furnished with a ticket, which was signed at each inspection, and
the date written and initialled. When a soldier came to Hospital with venereal,
he was sent, in company with the Lock Hospital chaprássi, to the house
where he contracted it, and there pointed out the woman to the chaprássi. She
was then called upon to attend immediately at the Hospital for examination.
If diseased she was detained till cured. Should her name not be upon the
register, and she refused to attend for examination, the fact was brought to the
notice of the Honorary Assistant Commissioner, with a view of her being re-
gistered without delay.
F.—The area included the city within the walls, the sadr bazár and
adjacent villages—an area of over 16 square miles.
Many women coming from the district are prostitutes,
and are a fruitful source of disease; and men going out into distant villages
often contract venereal there. Owing to the size of the city and large number
of inhabitants, great difficulty was found in registering all the prostitutes; and
there was probably a considerable number of them unregistered. On 1st January
1888 there were 97 women on the register, and 32 were added during the
year ; previous to August, 41 prostitutes died, or removed their names from the
register, and the remainder at the end of August. Tho average number of
prostitutes on the register during 1887 was 73.97 ; while the average number
during the eight months of 1888, during which the compulsory attendance was
in force, was 91.2. This increase was probably due to a more correct knowledge
of the prostitutes by the civil authorities, and a consequent better registration.
G.—No registration fees were charged.
H.—The women, as a body, were regular in their attendance at the
weekly inspection up to discontinuance of compulsory
attendance. For the year, 267 women were reported for
non-attendance, but this number was largely made up of the same women being
reported over and over again. There were no fines for non-attendance levied
during the year, which presumably means that the excuses given to the
Honorary Assistant Commissioner were found sufficient.
I.—The arrangements for examining and treating
women of city and cantonments were the same, and have
been fully detailed in para. E.
J.—The following table shows the admissions of prosti-
tutes and their diseases for 1888 :—
YEAR.
Gonorrhœa. Leucorrhœa.
Syphilis,
Primary.
Syphilis,
Secondary.
Ulcer of
Uteri.
Total.
January 1888 . . .
...
. . .
5
4
3
. . .
2
14
February
„
. . . ...
...
4
2
...
. . .
1
7
March
„
. . .
. . .
...
1
1
1
...
6
9
April
„
. . . ... ...
4
1
2
...
3
10
May
„
. . . ... ...
5
2
...
4
12
Sane
„
...
. . .
. . .
1
1
. . .
. . .
5
7
July
„
. . .
. . .
...
3
1
...
...
4
8
August
„
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
_
4
. . .
1
3
9
September „ ...
. . .
. . . . . .
...
...
...
. . ....
October
„
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
November „ ...
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
D ecember „
. . . ...
. . .
•••
•••
•••
•••
•••
Total
. . .
24
16
7
1
28
76
Area of registration.
Attendance and fines.