MEDICAL REPORT OF THE CALCUTTA LOCK HOSPITALS.
Dated Calcutta, the 15th February 1872.
From—SURGEON- MAJOR A. J. PAYNE, M.D., Supdt. of Lock Hospitals, Calcutta.
To—The Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Presidency Circle.
IN accordance with the orders of Government, I have submitted through the Commis
sioner of Police a report on the working of Act XIV in the town and suburbs of Calcutta,
embracing the management of the examination rooms and Lock hospitals and the results
on the health of the garrison and civil population. I have now the honor of forwarding
through your office the statements and comments which constitute that part of the report
relating to the Lock hospitals themselves.
2. The numbers of women on the register in the successive months of the year were
as follows :—
TABLE I.
January
7,113
May
7,156
September
7,186
February
7,142
June
7,115
October
7,133
March
7,223
July
7,081
November
7,090
April
7,193
August
7,120
December
7,087
From this number of women the quantity of disease treated in the hospitals has been
as given in—
TABLE II.
Annual Return of the Lock Hospitals of Calcutta and Suburbs for the year 1871.
Mean daily number of sick, 193'1.
Number of prosti-
tutes on the re-
gister.
Hospital statis
tics :—Cases of
venereal disease
treated.
VENEREAL
DIS-
EASES.
Remained.
Admitted.
Total.
Discharged.
Impri- soned. Ab-
sconded. Died.
Remaining.
T o t a l .
E, a n d E. *
N.* T o t a l .
E. a n d E.
N.
Tot al .
E. a nd E.
N.
E. a nd E.
N.
Tot a l .
N.
Tot al .
N.
Tot al .
E. a nd E.
N.
T o t a l . E a n d E.
N.
Tot al .
43A Hard chancre ... ... 33 33 1 137 138 1 170 1 139 140 5 5 1 1 ... 3 3 ... 22 22 171
43A Indurated bubo ... 7 7 ... 12 12 ... 19 ... 16 16 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 19
43A Soft-chancre ... 1 62 63 17 645 662 18 707 14 558 572 32 32 9 9 1 2 3 3 106 109 725
43A Suppurating
bubo.
... 2 2 ... 28 28 ... 30 ... 25 25 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 30
43A Phagedænic sore ... 3 3 ...
8
8 ... 11 ...
3
3 1 1 ... ... ... 1 1 ... 6 6 11
43A Sloughing sore ... 11 11 ...
5
5 ... 16 ...
5
5 ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 ... 9 9 16
43-1 Mucous patch ... ... ... ... ...
45 45 ... 45 ... 41 41 1 1 1 1 ... ... ... ... 2 2 45
43-1 „ tubercles ... ... ... ...
2
2 ...
2 ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 2
2
43B Secondary syphi-
lis.
... 7 7 1 70 71 1 77 1 72 73 3 3 ... ... ... 1 1 ... 1 1 78
593B Syphilitic condy-
loma.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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585B Gonorrhæa ... 1 60 61 9 124 133 10 184 9 174 183 1 1 ... ... ... 2 2 1 7 8 194
595 Labial abscess ... ... 7 7 4 102 106 4 109 4 100 104 2 2 1 1 ... ... ... ... 6 0 113
671 Vaginitis
...
Vaginitis ...
... ... ... ...
1
1 ... 1
... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1
1
674 Vaginal fistula ... ... 4 4 1 29 30 1 33 ... 31 31 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2 3 34
859 Simple ulcer ... ... 46 46 5 765 770 5 811 5 739 744 7 7 2 2 ... 2 2 ... 61 61 816
877 Syphilitic warts ... 1 1 ... 20 20 ... 21 ... 19 19 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 21
Total . . . 2 243 245 38 1,999 2,037 40 2,242 34 1,928 1,962 53 53 14 14 1 13 14 5 234 239 2,282
* E. and E., European and Eurasian; N., Natives.
† Two cases have been directly taken to the police and reported imprisoned, therefore not included in this column
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