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The above table includes cases of venereal diseases (6 primary syphilis and
16 gonorrhœa) which the detachments of the 43rd, 44th, and the 89th Regiments
contracted at Allan-myo and Tayawgone while stationed there.
The Native troops which were stationed at Thayet-myo in 1880 consisted of
the 19th and 31st L. I., 32nd Regiment, and F Company, Sappers and Miners,
with a mean average strength of 1,675.2 men.
The following statement shows the strength of Native troops and the extent
of venereal diseases from which they suffered in 1880 :—
Native troops.
LENGTH OF
OCCUPATION.
Average strength
during the period
of occupation.
Nature of ad-
mission for
venereal
diseases.
Remarks.
M o n t h s
D a y s
19th Light Infantry
. . .
...
12
...
633.6
N o n e .
31st Regiment ...
. . .
...
12
...
602.1
32nd
do.
...
...
. . 1 2
. . .
358.4
F Company, Sappers and Miners
...
12
...
81.1
It seems improbable that no case of venereal disease occurred out of an
average of 1,675 men, while out of 1,465 men in 1879 there were 17 cases.
Notwithstanding it appears that, if any cases occurred amongst the Native troops,
the nature of the diseases must be very mild, and never affected their constitu-
tion, so that they cured themselves with ordinary Native drugs, and did not seek
hospital relief.
IV.—Whether a Cantonment Sub-Committee for exercising especial supervision over the rules has existed
during the year, and what officers composed it.
There is no Cantonment Sub-Committee. The supervision and working of
the Act are chiefly carried on by the Cantonment Magistrate and the Civil Surgeon,
while matters of unusual importance are generally referred to the General Canton-
ment Committee at their monthly meetings.
V.—What especial measures have been taken for the control of prostitution, and specially for preventing the
danger arising from unlicensed prostitutes frequenting the lines.
No especial measures are taken for preventing dangers arising from illicit
prostitution. The number of women registered are few when considered with
the large number of population in the town and of troops in the cantonment.
It is difficult to find out women who practise clandestine prostitution without the
vigilance of the police.
People who contract disease from a private prostitute generally refuse to
expose her. Very few cases came before the Cantonment Magistrate of women
practising illicit prostitution, and in every case the woman was found diseased on
examination and detained in the hospital. When cured, they were tried and
convicted, two were fined, and one imprisoned.
It is rumoured that some of these private prostitutes arrange with the regis-
tered women to live a few hours at night in their quarters on condition that the
former will pay to the latter half of their ill-gotten gains : this appears to be the
reason why the soldiers constantly failed to point out women who infected them.
Generally the house was pointed out with its inmate a registered prostitute, who
when brought and examined was found not diseased.
The registered women are examined regularly every week, and those that
are diseased are detained in the hospital. The defaulters are reported to the
Cantonment Magistrate and are fined if no reasonable excuse is shown.
VI.—How far the registration has been efficient, to what classes it extends, and over what area, &c.
The registration of prostitutes is not complete. The average number of pros-
titutes available during the year was 25.59. The average strength of the garrison
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