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The Convalescent Depôts of Wellington and Poonamallee show 21 admissions
for primary syphilis, a ratio of 50.85 per mille, which in the year before this group
of stations gave 34 and 80.38.
The Southern district has 30 admissions, an average of 36.67 per thousand of
strength against 88 and 100.11 in the preceding year.
The Nagpore district returns 26 or 31.10 per mille of strength this year
against 6 and 6.41 last year. It will be seen from this that, except in the Lower
Burma and Southern districts, the average proportion of admissions for primary
syphilis to the strength have largely increased this year.
Secondary Syphilis.— The largest number of cases of secondary syphilis, shown
as undergoing treatment, was as may be expected at the Convalescent Depôts; the
actual number being 52 and their ratio per mile of strength 125.91, a proportion
which is of course useless as a comparison of prevalence, as the cases were sent to
the depôts in consequence of disease.
Of the other districts, the Southern (which shows almost the lowest average
for primary syphilis this year) comes to the top with its proportion of secondary
syphilis, showing 44 admissions in a strength of 818, or a ratio per mile
equalling 53.79.
The next is Upper Burma with 87 admissions, a ratio of 46.87 per mile.
The Secunderabad district comes next with 118 and a ratio per mile of 42.51
against 83 and 29.16 in the previous year.
Nagpore district gives 23 and 27.51 against 9 and 9.62 for the previous year.
The Bangalore district returns 113 cases of secondary syphilis, a ratio per
mile of 27.14 against 75 and 19.84 in the year before.
Lower Burma shows 49 cases (two fatal, these being the only deaths recorded
under this heading) in a strength of 1,976, which is 24.80 per thousand against 36
and 19.90 for the previous year.
The Madras district gives the smallest proportion of cases of secondary
syphilis, viz., 21 cases, or 22.51 per thousand against 9 and 9.84 in the previous year.
Gonorrhœa.— The total admissions for gonorrhœa excluding Upper Burma were
1,919 against 1,652 in the preceding year. Upper Burma furnished 376 cases,
giving a total of 2,295, or a ratio per mille of 163.08. The highest rate of preva
-lence was among troops on the march, viz., 258.28 per mille, and the next highest
is Upper Burma, 202.58 per mile.
Group B.
Sub-group I.— Parasitic diseases caused 68 admissions or 4.83 per mile of
strength. Of these 68 cases, 64 were due to tæn ia solium, 2 to ascaris lumbri
-coides, 1 to phthirius inguinalis, and 1 to echinococcus. Thirteen cases of tape
-worm occurred at Bhamo in Upper Burma and ten at Malapuram.
Sub-group II.— No cases of scurvy occurred; 217 cases were returned under
alcoholism; of these 10 were delirium tremens, being a ratio of 15.42 per mille
against 15.93 in the previous year.
Group C.
Debility gave 528 cases with two deaths, or a ratio per mille of 37.52 and 0.14
against 27.86 and 0 for the year before. The two deaths occurred in Upper Burma,
from which district the largest number of cases of this condition were returned,
viz., 87.28 per mille.
Group D.
Rheumatism caused 366 admissions, being 26.01 per mile against 25.13 the
previous year. The largest number of cases occurred at Bangalore, viz., 77,
Secunderabad 54, Madras 28, and Belgaum 30.
Tubercular Diseases.— These caused 41 admissions and 7 deaths, or a ratio of
2.91 and 0.50 per mile against 3.41 and 0.60 in the preceding year. The largest
number are returned from the Convalescent Depôts, viz., 11 and 1 death: 6
admissions and 3 deaths occurred at Bangalore, 6 admissions and 1 death in Lower
Burma, 5 admissions and 1 death at Secunderabad.
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