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The high percentage in May this year was due to detachments moving
to the hills and leaving their sick behind. The decrease in December was due
to the departure of two regiments which had given a high proportion of sick
in November. The King's Dragoon Guards also, for some unknown reason,
suffered much less than in the previous month.
D. —A Sub-Committee composed as follows existed throughout the year
and assembled frequently for the transaction of Lock
business :—
The Deputy Commissioner;
The Principal Medical Officer ;
The Medical Officer in charge ;
The Cantonment Magistrate ;
The District Superintendent of Police ; and
One or two Officers Commanding British Troops.
E. —When any unlicensed woman was reported to be practising prostitu-
tion within the limits, intimation was at once sent to the
police and the case enquired into. If the report was true,
the woman's name was placed on the register.
F. —The area over which registration was extended was for four miles
round the cantonment. So far as the City and Sadr
Bazár were concerned, it was fairly efficient. It was found.
almost impossible to obtain trustworthy information onregarding the women in
the villages. Only those women who were known to practice prostitution
among the soldiers were registered. Dancing girls were in most cases exempt.
The number of prostitutes registered during. the year is 111, being 211
less than 1887.
G.—No registration fee was levied.
H. —The attendance at the examinations was fairly good. All women
who failed to attend were reported. In many cases they
were found to be sick at their homes from ordinary diseases.
Fines were imposed only on those who absented themselves
wilfully. . The total sum realized in fines only amounted to Rs. 245-4-0 among 275
absentees. Women known to be ill were not reported ; their tickets were
retained in the Lock until they were well, and they were held excused provided
they could furnish a certificate from a medical subordinate of a dispensary that
they were really too ill to attend.
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— A l l t h e w o m e n i n t h e c i t y a n d s a d r a n d a t t a c h e d t o r e g i m e n t s
came to the Lock Hospital weekly for inspection. The
speculum was used in every case. Any one found diseased
was at once admitted to Hospital. While in hospital the treatment ordered by the
Medical Officer was carried out by the Hospital Assistant. Every case in
Hospital was seen three times weekly by the Medical Officer, and the speculum
used if necessary. All women who were reported to have given disease to
European soldiers were examined immediately on the receipt of their tickets.
J. —The excess of admissions noted in December last year continued in
January, when the number admitted reached 62 per cent.
of the number of women examined. All the cases were
slight. Of the 103 cases admitted only 8 were from syphilis. There were 30
cases of primary syphilis and one of secondary syphilis admitted during the
year ; none of these approached in severity the cases which presented themselves
in the beginning of 1887. All forms of disease were less severe than last year.
K.—Dhais were only employed in the regiments, and were of a certain
amount of use in seeing that the women attached to their
regiments came regularly ; but I have not known a case
in which they detected disease and sent the woman for examination before
the regular day for such an examination. They are possibly of use in helping
the women to avoid disease and keep themselves clean. The women themselves
seem to require their services.
Committee.
Control of prostitution.
Registration.
Registration fees.
Attendance at examina-
tions.
Examinations.
Severity of the disease.
Dhais.