( 2 )
The attendance at Rangoon appears to have been extremely bad. With an aver-
age of 443 women on the list, there has been an average attendance of only 286.
The number of women reported to the Magistrate for non-attendance is stated to
have been 2,037 during the last year ; but of this number, only 201 appear to have
been brought before the Magistrate for. punishment. In the Thayetmyo Hospital,
the attendance appears to have been extremely regular.
6. The numbers found diseased at the periodical examination, and detained
in hospital, during the two years were as follow :—
1876.
1877.
Rangoon
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
519
758
Thayetmyb
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
62
47
Prome
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
45
37
Bassein
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
31
23
Henzada
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
6
15
There has been a very large increase in the number found diseased at Rangoon.
The consequence has been that the lock hospital building is greatly overcrowded.
It contains accommodation for 71 patients only, whilst there have been as many
as 169 in it at one time ; and the daily average for the year has been 103.
7. The number of patients treated for venereal disease at the Military,
General, and Jail Hospitals of the places where lock hospitals are established
during the last two years were, so far as can be gathered from the reports, as
follow :—
Military.
General and Jail.
Total.
1876. 1877.
1876. 1877.
1876. 1877.
Rangoon ...
. . .
116
167
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . . . . . . . .
Thayetmyo
. . .
76
64
. . . 81
58
. . .
157
122
Prome
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . . 91
73
. . .
91
73
Bassein
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . . 74
71
. . .
74
71
Henzada ...
. . .
...
. . .
. . . 95
70
. . .
95
70
The figures, it will be seen, are incomplete. I have delayed the report in order to
obtain more information from the Civil Surgeon, Rangoon, on this point, which is
the most important point of all in connection with the lock hospital system, but
have not received a reply. The amount of venereal disease amoung the European
troops in Rangoon appears to have been greater in 1877 than in any of the pre-
vious seven years. In Thayetmyo, it will be seen, there was a most satisfactory
decrease of disease, both among the European military and civil population. The
number of cases amongst the native soldiery does not appear to be noted. Of
the 64 cases amongst the European troops in 1877, the Civil Surgeon states that
no less than 28 cases were imported by the troops themselves, so that the locally
acquired cases numbered only 36. Considering the large size of Rangoon town,
the staff employed in the detection of unlicensed prostitution appears to be insuffi-
cient. It consists only of an inspector and two constables ; and the Inspector
moreover is court prosecutor in the Court of the Assistant Magistrate, so that he
can really have very little time to devote to his duties in connection with the lock
hospital. The number of persons reported in 1877 for unlicensed prostitution
in Rangoon was only 50 ; whilst in Thayetmyo, with its much smaller population,
there were 30 punished by the Magistrate for this offence. But, whilst in Rangoon
the women so brought up appear to have been subsequently placed on the register
of prostitutes, none of those punished in Thayetmyo were enrolled'.
8. The receipts of each hospital from registration fees and fines during the
last two years were—
1876.
1877.
Rangoon
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Rs. 5,573
Rs. 4,469
Thayetmyo ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
,,
3921
, .
424
prome
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
Bassein
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
,,
100
. . .
Henzada
..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
9.theexpenditure each hospital has been as follows:—
1876.
Rs. A. P.
1877.
Rs. A. P .
Rangoon
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
9,100 5 9
14,953 10 2
Thayetmyo
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,301 5 10
1,147 1 2
Prome
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,184 8 0
1,249 6 7
Bassein
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,440 11 7
1,294 11 11
Henzada ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
765 0 9
904 3 1
Total
. . . 13,791 15 11
19,549 0 11