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IV.—Whether a Cantonment Sub-Committee for exercising special supervision over the rules has existed throughout
the year.
At Rangoon there is no Cantonment Sub-Committee, the Town Magistrate
being responsible for the working of the rules.
At Thayetmyo there is no Sub-Committee, the Cantonment Magistrate and
Civil Surgeon being chiefly concerned in the administration of the Act, referring
matters beyond their control to the General Committee of their ordinary monthly
meetings.
At Toungoo there has been no Cantonment Sub-Committee specially appointed,
the Cantonment Magistrate, aided by the Police Superintendent and the Civil
Surgeon, practically acting as the Sub-Committee. '
In the remaining four stations the Deputy Commissioner and Town Magis
trates continue, as heretofore, to supervise the working of the rules.
V.—What special measures have been taken for the control of prostitution, and especially for preventing the danger
arising from unlicensed prostitutes frequenting the lines.
The measures adopted for the control of prostitution have been those
authorised by the Acts, but this I fear extends but very slightly to those women
who solicit clandestine prostitution at the various regimental lines and other
localities. The number of prostitutes on the several registers speaks for itself,
and clearly shows that only a very few of the large number of women practising
prostitution are registered. For instance, take Prome, with its population of 31,157
and only seven women on the register ; take again Moulmein, with only 78 regis
tered women to a population of 54,920, and so on.
The only conclusion which can be drawn from the above facts is that
clandestine prostitution is carried on to a vast extent in all the towns where lock-
hospitals exist without the control of the police.
VI.—How far the registration has been efficient, to what classes it extends, and over what area.
The information under this head is shown in the following statement :—
Stations.
NUMBER REMAINING ON REGISTER
AT CLOSE OF
Protected area.
Population.
Ratio of
prostitutes to
population.
1878.
1879.
Rangoon
. .
445
476
22 square miles ..
99,827
1 in 209.72
Prome
. .
..
25
7
9
"
..
31,157
1 " 4451
Moulmein . .
. .
54
78
10 1/2 , . .
54,920
1 , 704.1
Toungoo
. .
. .
15
15
4 miles around
cantonment.
196 square miles..
20,000
1 „ 1333.3
Thayetmyo . .
19
28
38,237
1 „ 1365.6
Bassein
. .
. .
22
32
14
„
. .
22,041
1 „ 688.8
Akyab
. .
00
64
45
Town under muni-
cipality.
21,046
1 „ 467.7
VII.—Whether registration fees have been levied, and at what rate.
Registration fees having been declared by the Government of India to be
illegal, the practice of levying them, which existed in only two of the lock-hos
pitals, viz ., that of Rangoon and Thayetmyo, were discontinued from the month
of April last. The amount collected from the beginning of the year up to April
was at Rangoon Rs. 415-10-0 and at Thayetmyo Rs. 56.
VIII.—Whether the women have been regular at the periodical examinations.
The following tabular statement shows that there has been an increase in
the " average attendance at periodical examinations" at Rangoon, Bassein, and
Moulmein, as also in the " average number of women on the register" in the