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Circles.
Eastern District.
Hyderabad Sub-
sidiary Force.
Nagpore
Force.
British Burma
Division.
Ratio per 1000 of mean strength.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
A.
D.
Primary syphilis. . . .
1886. 103.17
. . .
27.83
. . .
10.15
. . .
94.19
. . .
1887.
49 . 18
. . .
43 . 22
. . .
6.41
. . .
147.60
. . .
Secondary do. . . .
1886.
35.75
. . .
17.81
. . .
6.76
. . .
37 . 79
. . .
1887.
9.84
. . .
29.16
. . .
9.62
. . .
19.90
. . .
Gonorrhœa . . .
1886. 194.07 . . .
157.33
. . .
101.46
. . .
145.35
. . .
1887. 224.04
. . .
141.25
. . .
164.53
. . .
120.51
. . .
The Bangalore Division, Belgaum and Ceded Districts and the Southern District
are excluded for purposes of comparison as in 1886. Belgaum was included in the
Western District as a separate circle of medical administration, whereas in 1887
it formed part of the Bangalore circle; and the Southern District, which now
includes Wellington, has only been in existence since the 1st January 1887.
Primary Syphilis.- The Eastern District gives a ratio per 1000 of mean
strength of 49.18 admissions, compared with 103.17 for 1886. The statistics of
the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force are not so favorable, the ratio being 43.22 against
27.83 for the previous year. The Nagpore Force gives a rate per 1000 of 6.41
against 10.15 for 1886, while the British Burma Division shows an increased rate
over the previous year of 53.41.
The Bangalore Division, Belgaum and Ceded Districts gave a ratio of 92.30
admissions, while in 1886 the same division, without Belgaum but including
Wellington, gave a ratio of 174.64.
The newly-formed Southern District furnishes an admission rate of 100.11.
This large rate has been to a great extent due to the lock hospital at Cannanore
having been closed for a portion of the year.
Secondary Syphilis.—An increase compare
d with the previous year, is
observed in the rate of admissions in the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force and Nagpore
Force, while there is a considerable decrease in that of the Eastern District and
British Burma Division.
Bangalore, Belgaum and Ceded Districts give a rate of admissions per mille
of mean strength of 19.84, compared with 37.22 for 1886, when Wellington was
included but Belgaum was not.
The admission rate for the Southern District reached 106.94 per mille ; this
excessive ratio is to be attributed to the 7th Royal Fusiliers having contracted
syphilis at Cannanore, the majority of them during the experimental closure of the
lock hospital at that station from 1st April 1885 to 14th July 1886. The Senior
Medical Officer, Station Hospital, Wellington, observes of this regiment "the great
majority of the men bear traces of constitutional syphilis, the cases treated in
hospital were of an obstinate character, with the exception of those contracted in
this station (Wellington) which were of a mild nature ;" and he further states,
"The disease had been contracted at Cannanore where the Contagious Disease Act
had recently been in abeyance, and it is no exaggeration to say that, had this regi-
- m e n t b e e n o r d e r e d o n a c t i v e s e r v i c e i n t h e e a r l y p a r t o f t h e y e a r a n d e x p o s e d t o a n y
hardship, in the course of a few months, it would have utterly broken down, so
debilitated were the majority of the men from constitutional syphilis and in a degree
from malarial fever."
Gonorrhœa .—This disease was more prevalent in the Eastern District and
Nagpore Force than in the other circles of medical administration. The ratio of
admissions, under the head of gonorrhœa, was 140.74 per mille, which is less than
the previous year when the rate was 152.69.