26 MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 18TH SEPTEMBER 1878, No. 4838.
I.
Y e a r w h e n L o c k H o s p i - t a l s w e r e e s - t a b l i s h e d .
—
Ratio of Admissions for Syphilis per 1,000 of Strength.
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
Where Lock Hospital existed.
1868 Madras . . .
114.55
89.62 135.66
69.77
62.77
1860 St. Thomas' Mount . . .
130.84
58.65 100.82
76.27
42.86
1859 Trichinopoly . . .
147.37
29.96 104.32
63.75
41.23
1860 Bellary . . .
301.77 174.83 201.76 305.36 266.52
1855 Bangalore . . .
143.93
39.10
91.73 133 . 33
89.23
1859 Cannanore . . .
31.54
76.15
39.34
47.54
17.41
1860 Wellington . . .
59.27
76.06 149.11
67.94
98.43
1859 Secunderabad . . .
129.11 110.87 116.21
43.83
55.97
1861
Kamptee . . .
67.47
81.41 132.34 290.45 132.33
1871
Seetabuldee . . .
183.67 100.00
65.22 282.61
21.28
1871 Rangoon . . .
129.51 107.82 100.65
65.37
84.41
1869 Thayetmyo . . .
41.96
56.38
39.71
32.45
23.98
1874 Tonghoo . . .
55.15 126.91
50.96 114.76
Where no Lock Hospital existed.
Tonghoo . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
91.68
Pallavaram . . .
. . .
. . .
32.26
36.36
31.58
Poonamallee . . .
193.55 326.67 250.00 135.30 171.87
Ramándroog . . .
68.97
96.15 463.41 418.61
42.55
Calicut . . .
144.33
83.33 141.41
20 . 40 121.95
Malliapooram . . .
95.74
10.75
52.08
. . .
37.50
Port Blair . . .
44.78
44.78
102.36
. . .
19.60
This table gives the ratio of admissions for syphilis (all varieties combined), and
contrasts with it the rates of the preceding four years.
The admission ratio (119.37 per mille) exceeds that of the previous year by
30.17. The death rate (.09) is identical with that of 1876. Of stations provided
with Lock Hospitals, Cannanore, Wellington, Kamptee, Thayetmyo and Tonghoo
alone show a decrease. At all stations in the Presidency Circle and at Bangalore,
the increase has been considerable. Bellary had the highest admission rate in the
Command, viz., 301.77 per mille of strength; in previous year, it was only 174.83.
Of stations unprovided with Lock Hospitals, Poonamallee alone merits notice, the
strength at the others being too small to yield reliable information. The admis
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sion rate at Poonamallee has decreased considerably, being 193.55 against 326.67 in
previous year. For reasons stated in last year's report, the efficiency or otherwise
of Lock Hospitals can be best shown by taking admissions for gonorrhœa and
primary syphilis as data, and drawing conclusions from them alone. The admis-
sion ratio for primary syphilis and gonorrhœa combined, for the whole Command,
amounts to 188.27 per mille, exceeding that of 1876 by 53.71. Compared with
1876, the Presidency Circle shows an increase in both affections,—primary syphilis
being greater by 78.80, and gonorrhœa by 58.70 per mille of strength. In the Mysore
Circle, primary syphilis shows an increase of 74.89 and gonorrhœa of 41.02 per
mille.
In the Hyderabad Circle, the increase in primary syphilis is slight, viz., 17.51
per mille, while gonorrhœa shows a decrease of 20 . 61. In Burmah, primary syphilis
shows a decrease of 3 . 52 per mille of strength, gonoacea an increase of 3.80.
Of individual stations, Fort St. George shows an increase in primary syphilis,
a decrease in gonorrhœa,—the ratios for syphilis being 106.81 and 77.04 respec-
tively ; for gonorrchœa, 142.41 and 161.95. St. Thomas' Mount, Trichinopoly
and Bellary, all show increased admission rates for both affections. At Fort