( 2 )
Toungoo Rs. 1,371-3-4 in the year of report, against Rs. 1,401-9-10 in 1877.
The average cost per patient was at Moulmein Rs. 29-1-0, and at Toungoo
Rs. 32-1-5.
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MOULMEIN LOCK-HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR 1878.
THERE have been no alterations made in the lock-hospital building or out-houses since
the last annual report. Repairs as needful have been carried out. Construction of the new
hospital has not yet been commenced.
2.—The accommodation provided by the hospital has remained the same.
3.—The average daily sick has been 5.76 during the year. The average space per
inmate was 3,256 cubic feet.
4.—The lock-hospital,. &c., and the enclosures, are kept in a cleanly state. The site
is naturally well drained. Good water is procured from an adjacent well throughout the
year.
5.—No change has taken place in the medical charge of the lock-hospital during the
year.
6.—A wing and head-quarters of the 33rd Regiment M. N. I. has been stationed in
Moulmein during the year. The following return exhibits the extent of venereal diseases
treated at the hospital:—
Regiment.
Period of occu-
pation.
Average strength.
Admissions of venereal
diseases.
N u m b e r .
Rate of admissions per
1,000 strength during
period of occupa-
tion.
33rd Regiment ..
8 1/2 months . .
333.8
Primary syphilis
..
1
0.24
Gonorrceha
..
1
NOTE.—Diseases contracted at Moulmein.
7.—The lock-hospital, being a civil institution, is supervised by the Town Magistrate,
and visited from time to time by the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner resident
in Moulmein.
8.—Order is maintained in the lines for prostitutes by the Inspector of Police acting
under the orders of the Magistrate.
9.—During the past year, 15 women were brought before the Magistrate for practising
clandestine prostitution, of whom six were convicted, two fined, four imprisoned, and nine
acquitted ; and one for breach of rules, and she was acquitted.
10.—The women admitted into hospital conduct themselves quietly and decently.
11.—The matron, cook, and sweeper-women compose the establishment of servants, and
have performed their duties satisfactorily.
12.—The registration of prostitutes is carried out by an Inspector of Police especially
appointed to the lock-hospital under the orders of the Magistrate. It is chiefly confined to
Burmese and Coringees (natives from the Madras coast) ; there are also a few Bengalees.
The number on the register at the beginning of the year was 49, 38 were newly
registered during the year, and 33 struck off, leaving 54 on the books at the end of the
year.
Registration extends over the limits of the town of Moulmein,—an area of 1 0 1 / 2
s q u a r e
miles. It is feared that much undiscovered prostitution exists.
The number of women on the register—54—can scarcely be regarded as truly represent
ing the number of persons practising prostitution.
Registration fees are not levied from prostitutes in Moulmein, and the institution is
therefore not self-supporting.
13.—The attendance of prostitutes at the periodical examinations have been more
regular during the past year. Eighteen women were reported to the Magistrate for non
- a t t e n d a n c e , a s c o m p a r e d w i t h 9 1 i n 1 8 7 7 , 4 2 i n 1 8 7 6 , a n d 5 5 i n 1 8 7 5 .
During the year, 33 prostitutes were struck off the register : of these, nine absconded,
21 had their license cancelled, and three died out of hospital.
Women who failed to attend three consecutive examinations, and whose whereabouts
cannot be found, are struck off the books.
14.—On being registered, the prostitutes are sent to the lock-hospital for examination,
and detained for treatment if found diseased. No prostitute is permitted to reside within
cantonment.
15.— Of 74 admissions into hospital during the year, all of them were found to be
diseased at the periodical examinations.