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and requires great patience and perseverance, and, with an establishment of one Inspector
of Police, and two or three men under him, the result of the year is most favourable
.Prostitutes residing in villages outside the Magistrate's boundary, who are not supposed
to be accessible to Europeans and others, are not amenable to the rules. It is essential for
the efficient working of the Act that it should be gradually extended, so as to embrace all such.
Each woman pays a monthly fee of Re 1. The total sum received from prostitutes
during the past year was Rs. 4,867-8—Rs. 45-4 in
excess of the receipts for the previous year, viz.,
realized from fees, Rs. 4,163-8, realized from
fines by the Magistrate under Sections 27 and 29, Chapter v. of Act XXII. of 1864,
Cantonment Rules, Rs. 704. The .expenditure under all heads was Rs. 9,315-13-3, or
Rs. 3,587-9-11 in excess over the expenditure of 1874. The cause of this increase is mainly
owing to the increased salary of the Medical Officer, to our having to purchase bedding
and clothes for the hospital, and to the increased number of patients treated during the
past year.
The attendance of women at the periodical examinations has been pretty much the
same as last year. From Statement No. 2, column 2
of the annual return, it will be seen that the daily
average number of prostitutes during the year was
393.75, and the daily average sick in hospital was 52.32. It follows that 341.43 should
attend the " now" weekly examinations: From column 3 of the same return, it will be seen
that a monthly average of 304.91 women . attended ; thus a monthly average of 36.52
absented themselves. The majority of the absentees absconded, principally Burmese,
harassed, as they said, by having to attend weekly for examination—these were subse-
quently removed from the register ; others were excused being sick and unable to attend.
It should be mentioned here, however, that this table does not always give correct results,
for it not unfrequently happens that a few women by repeated neglect to appear at the
weekly examinations, represent a large number of absentees during the year. I append
here two tables, showing the number of women arrested by the police for breaches of
the Act.
TABLE I.
Unregistered p r o s t i tutes
warned after being brought
up before the Magistrate
under Section 29, Chapter
v., Act XXII. of 1864.
Arrest of u n r e g i s-
t e r e d. prostitutes
under Section 27,
C h a p t e r v., Act
XXII. of 1864.
Total of u n r e g i s-
t e r e d prostitutes
brought up under
Sections 27 and 29,
C h a p t e r v., Act
XXII. of 1864.
Number of unregis-
tered prostitutes re-
gistered after arrest,
under Sections 27
and 29, Chapter v.,
Act XXII. of 1864.
I m p r i s o n e d .
Fi ned.
1
6
7
6
1 ...
TABLE II.
R l e g i s t e r e d
p r o s t i t u t e s
b r o u g h t
u p
before the Magistrate for various
breaches of Cantonment Rules.
Warned and discharged by the
Magistrate.
Imprisoned.
Fined.
157
13
23
121
It will be seen from Table I. that only a total of seven unregistered women were arrested
and brought before the Magistrate during the year, and six registrations followed, and one
imprisonment, against a total of forty for the previous year. Table II. shows that 157
registered prostitutes were brought before the Magistrate for various breaches of Cantonment
Rules, of whom thirteen were warned, twenty-three imprisoned, and 121 fined. It appears
that since the weekly examinations were established, that the Burmese women particularly
became discontented, and to this is attributed the very large number brought before the
Magistrate for breaches of Cantonment Rules.
The women of the town and cantonment are all examined personally by me at
the lock-hospital, attached to which is the
examination-room.
The following table will show the amount
of venereal disease prevailing amongst the
women during the year 1875, as compared with
the previous three years :—
VII,—Whether registration fees have been
levied, and at what rate.
VIII.—Whether the women have been
regular at the periodical examinations.
IX.—The arrangements for examining and treat-
ing the women of the city and cantonment.
X.—How far disease has increased or decreased
among the women ; to what extent it has become
less virulent ; its nature as compared with that
among men.