ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOOK HOSPITAL, KASAULI, FOR THE YEAR 1887.
A.—The Lock Hospital was re-opened by order of the Government on
the 9th March 1887—vide Quartermaster-General in. India's No. 534, dated 19th
February 1887—on the same footing and in. the same building as at the time of
its discontinuance in 1884.
There has been no change in the hospital accommodation during the
ten months it has been open, and it is suitable for the p urpose.
B.—The only change in the medical charge took place on the 9th
November 1887, when I relieved Senior Apothecary Geo. A. Hottinger.
C.—During the past year there were 75 admissions to hospital among
the European troops for venereal disease : 22 of these were either relapses or
cases found on men on arrival. The ratio of admissions per 1,000 of strength
for the year was 222.22.
I am unable to give a return for the last four years, as the Lock Hospital
was closed from 31st December 1884 to the date of its re-opening on the 9th
March 1887. Weekly returns have been regularly received whenever cases of
venereal disease were under treatment in the Station Hospital.
D.—No Sub-Committee for exercising supervision is, to my knowledge,
in existence.
E.—The Deputy Inspectors of Police have been ordered to prevent
illicit prostitution within a radius of four miles outside Cantonment limits ; also
the rulers of neighbouring States have been requested to use their power to
prevent casual prostitution in their territory.
F.—Twenty-three women were enrolled as licensed prostitutes during the
year, 21 of these having left the station on resignation during the same
period, leaving on the 31st December 2 on the register. The women were
of various castes—chiefly Muhammadan.
G.—No registration fees have been levied.
H.—The prostitutes are very regular in their attendance at the periodi-
cal examinations, no case of absence having occurred during the period under
report. The fines, amounting to Rs. 7, were levied as follows :—Rs. 2 from a
registered prostitute of the European brothel for having sexual intercourse
with a native ; Rs. 5 was a fine from a woman apprehended for practising pros-
titution without a license.
I.
—The women are examined weekly, and also a special examination is
made whenever a case of admission takes place in the Station Hospital of vene-
real disease. If the soldier states that the . disease was contracted by him from a
registered prostitute, the examination is made in the presence of the dhai.
The speculum is always used, and whenever a woman is found diseased she is
detained for treatment in hospital, her ticket taken away and not returned
until she is free from disease and discharged from hospital. To prevent, as far
as possible, disease being contracted by the troops using the Chakla; the pros-
titute if found, either at the periodical examination or the daily examination
made by the dhai, to be suffering from the following natural constitutional
causes, viz. , leucorrhœa and menorrhagia, her ticket is taken away, and she is
admitted into hospital until her recovery is complete.
J.—Owing to the short time that has elapsed since the re-introduction of
the Lock Hospital system at this station, there are no means of telling to what
extent, if any, disease among the women has increased or decreased.
K.—A. dhai has been employed since the opening of the Lock Hospital
with great success. She examines all the registered prostitutes daily, and