1886.
1885.
Ratio per mille.
1884.
Station.
Admi s s i ons .
Ave r a ge s t r e nght h.
Admi ssi ons. .
1882.
1883.
1885.
1886.
Rangoon
. . .
825
236
603
264
225.03
192.36
193.29
286.99
437.81
Thayetmyo
. . .
665
79
343
32
131.42
68.29
97.64
118-8
93.38
Toungoo
371
55
403
57
222.44
268.44
269.66
148.25
141.44
In the subjoined table is given the actual amount of each form of disease for
1885 and 1886 at the same stations :—
( 2 )
Of the 289 admissions at this station 143 were for primary, 39 for secondary
syphilis, and 107 from gonorrhcea. It is reasonable to suppose that much of the
secondary form of syphilis was the result of affections contracted elsewhere ; and
as a matter of fact the corps which relieved the Royal Scots Fusiliers brought with
it from Fort St. George some five-and-twenty men suffering with, in numerous
instances, that form of ulcer from which constitutional symptoms are most prone
to develop themselves and which is not commonly met with in any of the stations
in Burma.
Again at Toungoo it is shown that out of 106 admissions the disease was
contracted in 49 instances somewhere else, leaving the number of local cases to
only 57, or very nearly the number admitted in 1885, when it was 55, though the
aggregate strength of the garrison was much less. Of these 106 cases 35 were
primary and 12 secondary syphilis, and 59 were gonorrhcea.
At Thayetmyo very much the same thing is repeated. There . were a total of
69 cases' and of these no less than 37 are shown to have been imported by an
ever changing garrison constantly employed in active operations in the neigh-
bouring districts where, it is said, much venereal disease prevails in the villages.
It is curious that out of the 32 locally acquired affections no less than 15 were
secondary and only two primary forms of disease ; and it is worthy of observation
as it shows that the effects of field service on Native troops does not differ much
from that on European in this direction ; that while at Rangoon there only occur-
red eight cases amongst 800 men, at Thayetmyo there were no less than 35 ad-
missions amongst the Native garrison. In the one case the men were compara,
tively stationary and possibly more favourably situated for conducting native and
secret treatment successfully, while in the other they were being frequently sent
into the district on escort, garrison, and other duties connected with field oper-
ations, where they were more exposed to contagion and less able to conceal it.
The following table shows the strength of the garrisons and the number of
admissions for 1885 and 1886, and the ratio per thousand for 1882, 1883, 1884,
1885, and 1886 at Rangoon, Thayetmyo, and Toungoo
Disease.
Rangoon.
Thayetmyo.
Toungoo.
1885.
1886.
1885.
1886.
1885.
1886.
Primary syphilis
. . .
119
130
42
2
15
5
Secondary syphilis
. . .
12
36
15
5
5
Gonorrhoea
. . .
. . .
105
98
32
15
35
47
It is recommended by the Superintendent of the hospital at Rangoon that
the Police authorities should regard the performance of two years of duty as
Inspector attached to the institution as a claim to preferment elsewhere, or to
some special consideration, as the post is one beset with such drawbacks as to
backs as to