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TABLE XVI.
HISSAR FARM.
Return of animals for the official year 1904-05.
Details.
1
Balance on 1st April 1904 ...
By birth ...
Increase { ... „ purchase ...
„ transfer ...
TOTAL
Died ...
Decrease ... { Destroyed ...
Sold ...
Transferred
TOTAL ...
Balance on 31st March 1905 ...
Valuation-
Rate per head ...
...
TOTAL ...
Bulls.
2
11
...
...
47
58
2
...
38
...
40
18
Rs.
...
250
4,500
Cows.
3
736
...
46
86
868
13
1
26
...
40
828
Rs.
...
80
66,240
Male produce.
4
395
297
6
...
698
21
3
3
47
74
624
Rs.
30
18,720
Female produce.
5
513
323
16
...
852
10
1
8
86
105
747
Rs.
15
11,205
Castrated produce.
6
191
...
...
...
191
3
...
91
94
97
Rs.
...
120
11,640
Cultivation bullocks.
7
283
...
34
...
317
5
...
21
59
85
232
Rs.
...
120
27,840
Camels.
8
7
...
1
...
8
1
...
2
...
3
5
Rs.
...
120
600
Mares for mule breeding.
9
30
...
...
...
30
1
8
2*
11
19
Rs.
...
250
4,750
Donkey mares.
10
32
...
5
...
37
...
2
4
6
31
Rs.
...
100
3,100
Mules.
11
287
10
55
...
352
3
...
101
...
104
248
Rs.
...
267
66,216
Donkey stallions.
12
29
...
...
...
29
...
9
9
18
11†
Rs.
...
300
3,300
Zebras.
13
4
...
...
...
4
1
...
...
...
1
3
Rs.
...
1,100
3,300
Donkey mares for rebrule
breeding.
14
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
Rs.
...
80
80
Maros
for zebrule breeding.
15
5
...
14
...
19
...
...
...
19
Rs.
...
200
3,800
Ordnance bullocks.
16
...
...
...
150
150
...
150
...
150
...
Rs.
...
...
...
Donkey colts.
17
...
7
...
9
16
3
...
...
...
3
13
Rs.
...
100
1,300
Donkey fillies.
18
...
8
...
4
12
1
...
...
...
1
11
Rs.
...
40
440
Pony filly.
19
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
Rs.
...
50
50
Pony colt.
20
1
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
Rs.
...
...
...
Rams.
21
...
...
3
...
3
...
...
...
3
Rs.
1 @ 50
2 @ 25
each.
100
Ewes.
22
...
25
...
25
...
...
...
...
25
Rs.
...
3
75
Total.
23
2,525
646
205
296
3,672
63
6
369
298
736
2,936
Rs.
...
...
227,256
REMARKS.
24
* Sent
to
Bareilly.
†Also 1 at Goons
and 1 at Allah-
abad.
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TABLE XVII.
HISSAR FARM.
Results of Donkey, Mule and Zebrule breeding during 1904-05.
Details.
1
Donkey breeding ... ...
Male breeding
...
...
Zebrule breeding
...
Stallions on Register at close of
year.
2
3
3
3
STALLIONS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED AT
STUD.
Year under report.
3
3
3
3
Previous year.
4
2
2
...
NUMBER OF MARES
COVERED.
Year under report.
5
34
30
...
Previous year.
6
17
21
...
AVERAGE OF MAKES
COVERED PER STALLION
EMPLOYED AT STUD.
Year under report.
7
11.33
10
Nil
Previous year.
8
8.5
10.5
...
RESULT OF PERVIOUS
YEARS COVERINGS.
Number of produce.
9
15
10
...
Number not held.
10
2
4
...
AVERAGE RESULT OF PREVIOUS
YEARS COVERINGS PER STALLION
EMPLOYED AT STUD.
Average of produce.
11
7.5
5.0
...
Average of not held.
12
1.0
2.0
...
Average of mares re-
cently covered.
13
...
...
...
REMARKS.
14
32
TABLE XVIII-Imperial.
Abstract showing main results of the working of the Hissar Farm during the official year
1904-05.
Receipts paid into Treasury:—
Sale of animals ...
...
...
...
...
...
Sale of Produce ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other Heads ...
...
... ... ... ...
Total ...
Expenditure :—
Salaries and travelling allowance of Officers ... ... ...
Ditto
ditto
ditto
of Subordinate Staff ... ...
Cultivation expenses
...
...
...
... ...
Feed of animals including Reserve Fodder (Rs. 2,853-15-2) ... ...
Purchase of animals
...
... ... ... ... ...
Other Heads ...
...
... ... ... ...
Total ...
Value of animals issued on Book Credit :—
Siege Train Bullocks
...
...
... ... ...
Army Transport Bullocks ...
...
...
...
...
Bulls
...
...
...
... ...
Mules and Donkeys
...
..
...
... ...
Total ...
Valuation of animals, grain and fodder on hand at end of year :—
Valuation of animals as per Table XVI
...
...
...
Ditto
grain ... ... ... ... ...
Ditto
fodder
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Rs. A. P.
*64,141
96
21,552
85,790
13,491
23,035
18,154
28,867
20,913
8,376
112,838
18,000
7,000
33,700
58,700
227,256
1,596
18,271
247,124
0
15
8
7
14
8
3
4
4
11
14
0
0
0
0
0
4
15
3
0
0
10
10
0
2
8
9
0
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
6
3
9
* Include " value of animals issued on Book Credit."
33
TABLE XIX.
Statement showing total charges during 1904-05 in connection with Civil Veterinary Department.
Major Heads
Civil Veterinary
Department.
Salaries, Officers ... ... ...
„ Establishment ... ...
Travelling allowance, Officers
... ...
„
Establishment
Contingencies ... ... ...
Purchase of Stallions ... ... ...
Stable Feed and Keep ... ...
Road Expenses ... ... ...
Supplies and Services... ... ...
Prizes for encouragement of cattle breeding
Veterinary Dispensary, Simla
...
Prizes at Horse Fairs and Shows ...
Other allowances
...
...
...
Prevention of disease ... ... ...
Schools and Colleges
... ...
Total ...
Inspector
General.
Rs.
22,944
12,842
3,223
3,195
12,102
3,870
1,882
a.
8
0
10
11
3
8
10
p.
8
0
0
9
9
7
6
...
701
5,612
22
8
14
0
0
6
0
...
...
...
...
66,397 11 9
Imperial
Bacteriologist.
Rs.
22,237
23,163
1,317
681
7,235
12,479
13,928
a.
9
12
0
3
15
15
11
p.
0
7
0
0
7
6
4
...
7,621 14 0
...
...
...
...
...
...
88,666
1 0
Superintend-
ent, Civil
Veterinary
Department,
United
Provinces.
Rs.
16,568
26,480
2,767
3,563
4,745
a.
0
12
2
1
6
p.
3
3
0
9
11
...
442
179
28,922
686
3
15
13
8
1
4
5
0
...
...
4,174 3 4
...
...
88,530
2 4
Superintend-
ent, Civil
Veterinary
Department,
North Punjab.
Rs
18,017
33,507
*15,219
a.
10
12
12
p.
5
8
9
...
4,686 2 2
...
1
3
7
9
8
0
...
10,619 15 5
...
13,160 0 10
...
14,808 0 0
...
1,10,023
6 11
South
Punjab.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
—1 0 0
...
...
...
...
900 0 0
...
...
...
899
0 0
North-West
Frontier
Province.
Rs. a. p.
...
2,267
...
782
...
...
...
...
2,910
1,962
...
...
5
772
...
8,698
Bombay.
Rs.
20,457
13,140
2,384
2,420
1,978
a.
0
0
5
9
1
p.
5
11
6
6
6
...
1,120 6 7
...
8,445
20,639
5
10
6
1
...
...
...
66,444
56,620
1,93,651
6
14
10
6
10
4
Baluchis-
tan and
Sind.
Rs. a. p.
...
2,528 5 4
...
817
730
10
11
6
0
...
—107 15 0
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3,968
11 10
Bengal.
Rs.
33,207
20,522
3,883
2,968
13,406
a.
6
2
12
9
12
p.
9
0
0
6
5
...
...
...
35,090
3,047
7
0
10
0
...
1,500
5,203
0
5
0
3
...
19,174
1,38,003
1
8
0
9
Rajputana.
Rs.
10,200
421
528
51
389
a.
0
15
2
12
0
p.
0
3
0
3
9
...
...
...
19 0 0
...
...
...
...
...
...
11,609 14 3
Cattle Farm,
Hissar.
Rs.
10,062
22,058
1,116
789
1,969
35,068
51,154
1,471
804
a.
8
1
4
3
7
14
13
10
15
p.
0
4
0
3
6
4
10
8
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,24,495 14 4
Madras.
Rs.
17,775
12,713
1,636
2,807
784
a.
0
6
4
9
11
p.
0
5
0
10
0
...
...
...
4,698
1,000
6
0
1
0
...
...
600 0 0
...
14,128
56,144
14
3
7
11
Central
Provinces
Rs.
6,960
16,458
1,534
4,229
4,427
a.
0
13
6
3
14
p.
0
9
9
5
6
...
...
...
3,535 7 4
...
...
...
...
...
...
37,145 13 9
Berar.
Rs. a. p.
...
11,139
...
2,276
4,302
4
12
15
0
11
10
...
...
...
726 4 9
...
...
...
124 5 4
...
...
19,690
7 10
Burma.
Rs.
29,201
55,082
3,461
20,095
17,996
a.
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
...
...
...
6,166 0 0
...
...
...
1,888
539
0
0
0
0
...
1,34,428 0 0
Total.
Rs.
2,07,630
2,52,325
37,071
44,678
74,756
51,419
68,421
1,654
99,642
43,568
22
15,560
13,115
82,563
89,923
10,82,352
a.
11
6
11
7
3
6
6
2
2
0
0
0
10
6
14
11
p.
6
6
0
8
10
5
0
7
10
0
0
10
11
6
5
0
* Officers and subordinates.
G. C. Press, Simla.-No. 3 I. G. C. V. D.—25-9-05.—300.—U.C.W.
TP/16/HG.4.
among the civil population the number of cases of venereal disease has dimin
ished, and the character of the disease has been mild.
XI.—How far dhaies have been
employed, and with what success.
No dhaies have been employed.
As a means of suppressing clandestine prostitution which is suspected to
exist at Rangoon, the Civil Surgeon suggests the
employment of a larger staff of police, headed by
a man of intelligence and position. The Magis
trate is doubtful whether additional numbers will
improve matters, but he promises to consider the subject.
The Civil Surgeons of Rangoon and Moulmein notice the marked decrease
in venereal disease among the civil population ; and the Civil Surgeon of Bassein
furnishes a comparative statement of admissions from venereal affections into the
Civil Dispensary at Bassein in 1872-73, from which it is seen that there is a
notable diminution in the number admitted in 1873.
XII.—Any information on other
matters, or suggestions for the improve-
ment of the rules.
RANGOON,
The 5th October 1874.
P. G. MUKERJEE, Surgeon, 39th N. I.,
In charge of
Office of Dy. Surgn.-Genl., I, M. S., B. B. D .
Statement No. I.—Showing the area over which the Rules for the Prevention of Venereal
Disease have been in force, the details of expenditure 0n Loch Hospitals, &.c.,
during the year 1873.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
N u m b e r .
Station.
D a t e o n w h i c h t h e l o c k h o s -
p i t a l w a s e s t a b l i s h e d .
A c t u n d e r w h i c h t h e r u e l s
a r e i n f o r c e .
A r e a o v e r w h i c h t h e r u l e s a r e
i n f o r c e .
Es t amat ed nat i ve popul at i on
wi t h i n t he ar ea over whi ch
they are in force.
1
Ave r a ge numbe r of pr os t i -
t ut es on t he r eges t er dur -
ing 1873.
T o t a l m o n t h l y c o s t o f e s -
t a b l i s h me n t .
W h e t h e r f i r s t o r s e c o n d c l a s s
l o c k h o s p i t a l .
Rs.
1 Rangoon
... 19th May 1871, Act XXII. of 1864,
...
88,092 342
215 2nd class.
2 Bassein
... 11th Feb. 1872, Act XIV. of 1868, Within Munici-
pal limits.
1,920 acres
...
20,000
12 .75 46 3rd do.
3 Prome
... 1st June 1872, Act XIV. of 1868,
31,157 56 .5
87 2nd do.
4 Thayetmyo ... 1st June 1869, Act XXII. of 1864, 2 miles
... 32,885 17 . 83 141 2nd do.
5 Akyab
...
8th Sept. 1871, Act XIV. of 1868, Within the town 21,046 44 .86 144 2nd do.
6 Moulmein ... 1st Oct. 1871, Act XIV. of 1868, 10-½ square miles 43,765 85 .0 111 2nd do.
Statement No. II—Showing the operation of the Rules for the Prevention of Venereal Disease
in the Stations of the British Burma Division during the year 1873.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
N u mb e r
STATION.
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e m a i n i n g
a t c l o s e o f 1 8 7 2 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s a d d e d t o
t h e r e g i s t e r d u r i n g 1 8 7 3 .
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s o n
t h e r e g i s t e r d u r i n g 1 8 7 3 .
N u mb e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s w h o r e mo v -
e d t h e i r n a m e , d i e d , a b s c o n d e d , & c . , i n 1 8 7 3 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e m a i n i n g
o n 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r 1 8 7 3 .
A v e r a g e n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s o n
t h e r e g i s t e r i n 1 8 7 3 .
A v e r n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s o n
a t t e n d i n g p e r i d i c a l e x a m i n a -t
i o n s i n 1 8 7 2 .
Nu mb e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e p o r t e d
f o r n o n - a t t e n d a n c e a t e x a mi n a -
t i ons i n 1873.
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s f o u n d d i s -
e a s e d a n d d e t a i n e d f o r t r e a t -
ment i n 1873.
A v e r a g e d a i l y n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t -
u t e s i n h o s p i t a l i n 1 8 7 3 .
1 Rangoon
...
322
232
554
209
345 342
2S3
86
151
40.13
2 Bassein ...
9
10
19
7
12
12.75
10.25
30
38
2.13
3 Prome
...
46
26
72
49
23
56.5
1.3
32
44
2.4
4 Thayetmyo ...
16
9
25
4
21
17.83
17.83
...
79
5.85
5 Akyab
...
50
18
68
26
42
44.88
40.78
61
127
4.39
6 Moulmein
...
88
62
150
73
77
85.0
61.0
10
160
11.61
Statement No. III. —Showing the receipts and expenditure on account of Lock Hospitals during the year 1873, and also the Funds.
from which this expenditure has been paid.
1
2
3
4
5
N u m b e r .
STATION.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURE.
How PAID.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
R e g i s t r a t i o n - f e e s f r o m p r o s t i t u t e s
.
F i n e s l e v i e d u n d e r t h e r u l e s .
T o t a l r e c e i p t s .
P a y o f M e d i c a l O f f i c e r .
P a y o f e s t a b l i s h h m e n t .
A l l o t h e r e x p e n s e s .
T o t a l e x p e n s e s .
B y G o v e r n m e n t .
F r o m C a n t o n m e n t F u n d s .
O t h e r s o u r c e s .
Total.
1
Rangoon
...
...
Rs. A.
Rs. A.
Rs. A.
Rs.
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs. A. P.
3,811 4 1,388 0 5,199 4
600
1,968 6 1 2,702 5 6 5,270 11 7 5,270 11 7
...
...
5,270 11 7
2
Bassein ...
...
...
...
150 0
150 0
...
550 4 3
186 15 3
737 3 6
737 3 6
...
. . .
737 3 6
3
Promo ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
600
428 3 0
190 13 0 1,219 0 0 1,219 0 0
...
. . .
1,219 0 0
4
Thayetmyo
...
...
...
95 0
95 0
600
1,092 0 0 309 9 5 2,001 9 5 1,906 9 5
...
...
1,906 9 5
5
Akyab ...
...
...
...
20 0
20 0
960
768 0 0
491 2 6 2,219 2 6 2,219 2 6
. . .
...
2,219 2 6
6
Moulmein
...
...
...
520 0
520 0
600
732 0 0
702 2 11 2,034 2 11 2,034 2 11
...
...
2,034 2 11
( 9 )
RESOLUTION
ON
LOCK HOSPITAL REPORTS, BRITISH BURMA,
For the year 1873.
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner of British Burma, in the General
Department,—No. 127, dated the 27th of January 1875.
READ—
Letter No. 136, dated 21st January 1874, from the Commissioner of Tenasserim, forwarding the report
on the working of the Lock Hospital at Moulmein for the year 1873.
Letter No. 59, dated 16th February 1874, from the Commissioner of Arakan, forwarding the report on
the working of the Lock Hospital at Akyab for the year 1873.
Letter No. 204-5, dated 13th March 1874, from the Commissioner of Pegu, forwarding the reports on
the working of the Lock Hospitals at Rangoon, Bassein, Prome, and Thayetmyo.
RESOLUTION.—The Chief Commissioner considers that the Lock Hospitals in
the province have been satisfactorily worked during the year 1873, and the reports
of the several officers in charge show that a proper amount of interest is taken by
them in these institutions.
The results of the introduction of the Act and Cantonment Rules for the
prevention of contagious disease, as shown by the statistics appended to the
reports, are very favourable. In the two cantonments in which these measures
have been adopted, the percentage of cases of venereal disease upon total
strength of the garrison has been :—
1871.
1872.
1873.
Thayet
...
. . .
10.5
4.54
2.4
Rangoon ...
. . .
19.51
11.96
9.36
while in the several dispensaries in the six stations in which these results have
been observed the figures have been as follows :—
1871.
1872.
1873.
Rangoon
...
...
1,513
980
494
Bassein
...
. . .
97
82
57
Prome
...
. . .
232
216
103
Thayetmyo
...
...
74
56
31
Akyab
...
...
160
84
136
Moulmein
...
...
405
281
150
Total
. . .
2,181
1,699
971
The Rangoon Lock Hospital, although worked under Act XXII. of 1864,
is under the control of the civil authorities, and Mr. Eden considers that it
would be well if the Thayetmyo Lock Hospital were treated in the same way.
The Rangoon Lock Hospital is an admirably-managed institution, and, to judge
f r o m t h e r e m a r k a b l e i n c r e a s e o f r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d i n m a t e s , i s n o t u n p o p u l a r ;
wher is that at Thayetmyo seems of little or no use. The number of registered
women at that station is ridiculously small, the Lock Hospital is generally empty,
and it is notorious that there are many unregistered public women. The Chief
Commissioner, on the occasion of a recent visit to Thayetmyo, addressed the
Magistrate on the subject ; and it is hoped that steps will be taken to make the
working of the rules as effective there as elsewhere.
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D e p u t y I n s p e c t o r - G e n e r a l , I n d i a n M a d i c a l D e p a r t m e u t , B r i t i s h B u r - m a D i v i s i o n ; A s s i s t a n t Q u a r t e r m a s t e r - G e n e r a l , B r i t i s h B u r m a D i v i - s i o n ; P r i n c i p a l M e d i c a l O f f i c e r , Q u e e n , s T r o o p s ; S a n i t a r y C o m m i s - s i o n e r ; B r i t i s h B u r m a C o m m i s s i o n e r s o f D i v i s i o n s ; D e p u t y C o m m i s - s i o n e r s ; a n d C i v i l S u r g e o n s .
ORDER. —Ordered t hat a copy of t hi s Resol ut i on be forwarded t o t he offi cers named i n t he margi n, for i nformat i on.
B y o r d e r o f
t h e C h i e f C o m m i s s i o n e r ,
H . T . D U N G A N , L I E U T . - C O L O N E L ,
O f f i c i a t i n g S e c r e t a r y .
LExd. 3. W. 0,1
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4. The cases of disease among European troops as indicated by Dr. Bryden's
figures and those given in the review for 1874 materially differ. Adopting the
latter as given in Home Secretary's letter No. 448, of 18th November 1875, the
following is the result :—
Cantonment.
Admission of European troops per 1,000 into hospital for venereal
diseases.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
Rangoon
...
•••
...
2 0 3
141
133
113
121
Thayetmyo ...
• • .
...
153
77
44
88
93
Toungoo
...
...
...
82
133
124
151
60
Dr. Fitzgerald's figures for Rangoon and Thayetmyo do not agree with the, above.
Those under 1875 in. the above table are, however, the results of the figures he
shows under section III. of his review. If there could be any certainty of the
accuracy of the totals, the year would show a retrogression in Rangoon and
Thayetmyo, and a wonderful advance in Toungoo. Such discrepancies, however,
as the Comparison discloses compel the Chief Commissioner to accept the figures
with hesitation. The number of cases of disease of this nature treated at the
several civil hospitals of the province have been as follows :—
Hospital.
Number of cases.
1873.
1874.
1875.
Rangoon
•••
...
...
...
494
629
855
Thayetmyo
•••
. . .
...
•••
•••
32
58
Toungoo
•••
. . .
...
...
...
117
98
Bassein
...
. . .
•••
•••
77
98
97
Promo
. . . .
. .
•••
•••
•• ...
45
75
Moulmein
•••
...
...
...
150
156
189
Akyab
...
...
...
...
137
112
124
The Civil Surgeon of Bassein alone explains that his figures include cases treated
at the Jail Hospital, as well as at the General Hospital. This procedure should be
adopted by every reporting officer, and a statement to that effect should appear in
the report, to guarantee uniformity.
5. The figures themselves show little agreement with those for the troops,
viz. :—
Cantonment.
PER-CENTAGE OF INCREASE OR DECREASE
IN 1875 AMONG
European troops.
Civil population treated
in hospital.
Rangoon
...
•••
•••
•••
...
+ 7
+ 35
Thayetmyo ...
...
•••
...
+ 5
+ 8 1
Toungoo... ... ••• ••• ...
— 60
— 16
The differences are so great as to be extraordinary. The case of Toungoo,
apparently, is even more peculiar than these tables exhibit it, as the 98 cases
shown are exclusive of in-patients. At Rangoon, the increase of the male popu-
lation, while the number of troops remained stationary, will serve to explain in
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ments can be made with the Inspector-General for their deputation. At the
cantonments, where there are British troops, some such arrangement must
be immediately made, if it be considered necessary at all. In Rangoon, par-
ticular control over the bazaar between the barracks and the Dhobies' tank, and
the bazaar near the cemetery, is needed. The spectacle of public women
located so near a road, which is a popular and frequented thoroughfare, is repulsive
in the extreme. The same remarks apply to the flagrant exhibitions visible in
many of the most public streets of the town. The location of the residence of
women who ply this trade demands closer regulation than at present exists.
The subject has been separately brought to the notice of the Town Magistrate.
7. The weekly examinations of the women seem to have been beneficial,
and should be continued, as occasion arises, at every station where the Act or
rules are in force. The two concluding paragraphs of Dr. Fitzgerald's report
have the entire concurrence of the Chief Commissioner. The Cantonment Com-
mittees of Rangoon, Thayetmyo, and Toungoo should, accordingly, prepare a draft
rule to meet the case, and, after consideration, it will be forwarded for the sanc-
tion of the Government of India, under sections 17 and 18 of Act XXII. of 1864.
For the other stations where Act XIV. of 1868 is in force, Dr. Fitzgerald can
prepare the rule for final sanction by this Administration.
8. The character of the disease and the per-centage of the registered women
in hospital during the year, are not very encouraging. The buildings used as
lock-hospitals are evidently such merely in name. In most, close confine-
ment is merely nominal, and the cases of escape cited from Bassein are not
very creditable to either the management or the designers of the building. The
Chief Commissioner trusts that this, among other matters, will benefit by the
diligent supervision which Dr. Fitzgerald has brought to bear upon the Depart-
ment, and for which the thanks of the Government are due. Disagreeable as the
duty is, it is one of such importance that it cannot be longer neglected. The
returns from Prome and Thayetmyo are misleading and incorrect, and in no
instance has much care been devoted to the compilation of statistics.
9. The cost of the Rangoon Hospital in March and August, and of the
Moulmein Hospital in February, call for explanation. The Government of India
considered last year that the fact of no allowance being shown for the Bassein
charge was an omission. This has since been corrected.
By order of the Chief Commissioner,
C. W. STREET, MAJOR,
Officiating Secretary.
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tion from Rangoon. As there would be nothing to prevent the women flying also from
Yandoon, it would prove rather an expensive mode of persuading them to stay at home,
to pursue them with lock-hospitals wherever they went. There is an apparent inconsist-
ency also in suggesting the extension of the Contagious Diseases Act to Yandoon (which
is not exactly a suburb of Rangoon), and at the same time objecting to the comparatively
trifling cost of bringing the outlying villages in the neighbourhood of the station under
its operation. It seems to me as reasonable as if a man were to spend a lakh of Rupees
in abetting a hypothetical nuisance a hundred miles away while grudging the expense of
removing the dung-hill at his door.
From the reports of the Medical Officers it appears to me that greater care is
required in the keeping of the registers, and that the practice of allowing the names of
women who have absconded to remain on them for an indefinite time is to be deprecated.
I would recommend the limit of two months, after which any woman who still failed to
present herself for periodical examination, except for a sufficient cause—as sickness or
leave of absence granted by the Magistrate—should be struck off and rendered liable to
the penalties attaching to the practice of prostitution by unlicensed women, should she
continue her trade within the protected area.
Greater care and attention by Medical Officers in the preparation of their reports
and returns are also required, as well as a better understanding between them and the
Registering Officers ; for, in more than one instance, it appears that the names of
women have been removed from the register without any intimation of the fact having
been given to the Medical Officer in charge of the hospital.
P. G. FITZGERALD, DEPUTY SURGEON-GENERAL,
Indian Medical Department, British Burma Division.