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REPORT
ON
LOCK-HOSPITALS, BRITISH BURMA,
FOR THE YEAR 1883.
THE statistical facts regarding the various lock-hospitals in this province are
tabulated in the appendix. The divisional reports were submitted to the Deputy
Surgeon-General for perusal and comment : his letter on the subject will be found
in the appendix.
I.—The nature and extent of the hospital accommodation, whether it is suitable, and whether there has
been any change in it during the year.
Except at Toungoo, where a new lock-hospital was built in 1883 at a cost of
Rs. 4,207, the previous year's remarks under this head are still applicable. The
new hospital just referred to stands on a site towards the western outskirts of the
town, not far from the old one. The building is constructed to accommodate six
in-patients, is well supplied with all necessary conveniences, and is in every
respect adapted to its purpose.
A new roof was put on the Akyab hospital.
The accommodation is described by all the Superintendents, with one excep
-tion, as ample and suitable.
The Superintendent of the Rangoon lock-hospital again comments on the
defective accommodation at his disposal. The hospital was built for 71 patients,
and the daily average has been about 97. To prevent overcrowding, the veran--
das are utilized at night for sleeping accommodation. Nothing has been done
towards the construction of a new house for the resident Medical Officer, or the
enlargement of the institution itself.
Dr. Johnstone now recommends, with a view to economy, that the apothecary's
quarters be extended as far as the wooden railings towards the eastern side, con--
verting the same into a bedroom and bathroom with a veranda all round, and
that the suggestion in the report for 1882 regarding the provision of a basement
ward be carried out. It certainly would not be advisable to spend much money
on the building.
II.—Any changes in the medical charge of the lock-hospitals during the year.
Rangoon.—Surgeon-Major H. Johnstone, M.D., was in charge from 1st Janu--
ary to 27th August 1883, and Surgeon O. Baker until the close of the year.
The resident Medical Officer, Mr. G. B. Fonceca, went on three months' leave,
from 20th June to 20th September, when 3rd class Hospital Assistant Abdul Karim
officiated.
Thayetmyo.—Surgeon E. P. Frenchman held charge from 1st January to 31st
March and from 26th August to 31st December 1883, and Surgeon O. Baker from
1st April to 25th August 1883.
Toungoo.—Surgeon R. Pemberton held charge from 1st January to 6th March
1883 ; Surgeon M. Smith from 7th March to 31st July 1883 ; and Surgeon P. W.
Dalzell till the close of the year.
Akyab.—Surgeon P. W. Dalzell held charge from 1st January to 9th April
1883, and Mr. C. W. E. Foster up to the end of the year.
( 6 )
of individual women reported for non-attendance " which the heading to this
section requires.
The following table shows the number of women arrested, punished, and
acquitted. or who deserted :-
Stations.
NUMBER
Des er t ed.
Arrested. I mp r i s o n e d .
Fined.
Acqui t t ed or
released.
Rangoon
...
426
13
258
4
151
Moulmein
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
12
12
...
Toungoo
...
...
...
. . .
...
7
1
1
5
...
Thayetmyo ...
...
. . .
. . .
...
13
. . .
11
...
2
Bassein
...
...
...
...
12*
...
...
...
Akyab
...
. . .
...
17*
. . .
. . .
Total
487
26
270
9
153
The larger numbers in the first three columns compared with the preceding
year would indicate increased activity on the part of the controlling agency.
The fines varied from Re. 1 to Rs. 50 and realized with fees Rs. 3,132-11-0 in
all.
IX.—The arrangement for examining and treating the women of this city and cantonment.
The same as in previous years' reports, except that at Akyab a few cots and
a more suitable examination-table were provided.
X.—How far the disease has increased or decreased among women, &c.
The number of prostitutes found diseased and the daily average number in
hospital is shown at columns 11 and 12 of statement II. The figures in column
11, except such as refer to Akyab and Toungoo, are higher in this than the preced-
ing year ; and the same is true of the figures in column 12, except those referring
to Toungoo.
The percentage found diseased to average strength for 1879—1883 is com-
pared below :—
Stations.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
Akyab
....
. . .
...
. . .
...
271.76 201.63 138.96 123.40 116.49
Rangoon
...
. . .
...
. . .
...
153.29 223.02 207.80 205.58 209.80
Bassein
...
...
...
. . .
...
200.79 119.76
80.00
99.57 124.35
Thayetmyo ...
. . .
. . .
...
211.86 261.82 221.57 109 .43 156.52
Moulmein ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 158.62 143.28 161.95 108.03 106.67
Toungoo
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
115.38
117.85 398.47 642.48 217.10
Toungoo, which gives the highest ratio, shows considerable improvement on
the two preceding years. Moulmein and Akyab show uninterrupted improvement
since 1879. The indications afforded by the figures for 1883, so far as regards
Rangoon, Bassein, and Thayetmyo, are, when compared with those for the preced-
ing year, unfavourable.
* Particulars not given.
Below are tabulated the diseases which brought about the 1,228 admissions
to hospital amongst these 657.90 women (general average) :—
Stations.
Gonor r hœa.
Le uc or r hœa .
Bubo.
SYPHILIS.
Ot h e r d i s e a s e s .
Total
Primay.
S e c o n d a r y .
Akyab
...
...
...
...
...
28
.
. .
...
1
30
59
Rangoon ...
...
...
...
...
215
124
...
422
52
184
997
Bassein
...
...
...
...
. . .
13
5
1
...
. . .
5
24
Thayetmyo
...
...
. . .
...
26
...
...
8
1
1
36
Moulmein ..
...
. . .
...
. . .
23
...
...
57
...
8 0
Toung000 ...
...
...
. . .
..
14
3
...
5
3
7
32
.
58
Total
...
319
132
1 435
56
227 1,228
Except at Rangoon, where there was a large increase in the admissions'
principally caused by primary syphilis, the diseases from which prostitutes suf-
fered are represented as usually of a mild type and, acccording to the Superin-
tendent of the Akyab lock-hospital, of a kind altogether less severe than that
seen in the General Hospital. I notice however in the Akyab returns that one
died of gonorrhœa. There were also 11 deaths in Rangoon, but these are said
to be " chiefly due to intercurrent diseases, such as fever, dysentery, and diarrhœa,
occurring in debilitated subjects."
XI.—How far dhais are employed and with what success.
No dhais have been engaged.
XII.—Any information on other matters or suggestions for the improvement of the rules.
Medical Officers are unanimous in condemning the laxity or inefficiency of
the police supervision which is intended to regulate prostitution. I have already
pointed out that Dr. Johnstone says the police staff in connection with the Ran-
goon lock-hospital needs to be increased. Dr. Frenchman recommends that
a special police agency be provided for Thayetmyo. The Medical Officers in
charge of the lock-hospitals at Bassein and Akyab are strongly impressed with
the advantages which these institutions , confer on sailors visiting those ports.
Ship-captains themselves bear willing testimony to this. This being so, it is
difficult to understand how soldiers and civilians generally can fail to benefit by
the lock-hospital system. Still the fact remains that statistics regarding the
military, not only here but in India, tend to prove the reverse, and the following
statement, showing the admissions to the dispensaries of this province for the
past five years, establishes either that venereal diseases amongst civilians are
becoming more general or merely that our hospitals are more popular :—
Stations.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
Rangoon
...
...
...
...
...
908
1,268
1,110
1,926
1,628
Moulmein
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
565
710
700
539
668
Toungoo
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
239
159
225
137
97
Thayetmyo ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
101
111
183
119
122
Bassein
...
...
...
...
...
211
188
100
176
385
Akyab
...
...
...
...
...
220
226
156
136
214
Total
...
2,244
2,662
2,474
3,033
3,114
D. SINCLAIR, M.B.,
Inspector-General of Jails, with
Civil Medical Administration, British Burma.
STATEMENT No. I .—Showing the area over which the rules for the prevention of venereal disease have been in force and the details of expenditure on lock-hospitals
during the year 1883.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
N o .
Stations.
Date on which the lock-
hospital was established.
Act under which the
rules are in force.
Area over which the rules
are in force.
E s t i m a t e d N a t i v e p o p u l a t i o n
w i t h i n t h e a r e a o v e r w h i c ht
h e r u l e s a r e i n f o r c e .
A v e r a g e n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s
o n t h e r e g i s t e r d u r i n g 1 8 8 2 .
T o t a l m o n t h l y c o s t o f e s t a b l i s h -
m e n t .
W h e t h e r 1 s t o r 2 n d c l a s s l o c k .
h o s p i t a l .
1 Rangoon ...
...
_
19th May 1871
... III of 1880 ...
. . . 102 square miles
. . .
185,723
475.21
Rs. A. P.
558 0 0
1st class.
2 Bassein
...
... 11th February 1872
... XIV of 1868
... 14
ditto
. . .
33,502
19.3
80 0 0
3 Thayetmyo ...
... 1st June 1869
... III of 1880 ...
... Within seven miles around the
cantonment ...
. . .
38,236
23.
89 0 0
4 Akyab
. . .
... 8th September 1871 ... XIV of 1868
... Town under municipality ...
33,989
50.65
166 8 0
2nd class.
5 Moulmein ...
... 1st October 1871
. ..
Ditto
...
... 14 square miles ...
. . .
53,107
75.
94 0 0
6 Toungoo ...
... 19th June 1874
... III of -1880 ...
... Within four miles around the
cantonment ...
. . .
20,000
14.74
95 0 0
( i i )
STATEMENT No. II.—Showing the operation of the rules for the prevention of venereal disease in the stations of British Burma during the year 1883.
1
2
3
4.
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
N o .
Stations.
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e m a i n g a t
c l o s e o f 1 8 8 2 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s a d d e d t o t h e
r e g i s t e r d u r i n g 1 8 8 3 .
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s o n t h e
r e i g s t e r d u r i n g 1 8 8 3 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s w h o r e m o v e d
t h e i r n a m e s , d i e d , a b s c o n d e d , & c . ,i
n 1 8 8 3 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e m a i n i n g
o n
t h e 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r 1 8 8 3 .
A v e r a g e n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s o n
t h e r e i g s t e r i n 1 8 8 3 .
A v e r a g e n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s a t -
t e n d i n g p e r i o d i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n
i n 1 8 8 3 .
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s r e p o r t e d f o r
n o n - a t t e n d a n c e a t e x a m i n a t i o n s
i n 1883.
N u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s f o u n d d i s e a s -
e d a n d d e t a i n e d f o r t r e a t m e n ti
n 1 8 8 3 .
A v e r a g e d a i l y n u m b e r o f p r o s t i t u t e s
i n h o s p i t a l i n 1 8 8 3 .
Rangoon
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
424
332
756
290
466
475.21
329.41
1,756
997
97.98
2 Bassein
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
25
26
51
25
26
19.3
14.6
12
24
1
3 Thayetmyo
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
25
24
49
18
31
23.
19'8
42
36
3.33
4 Akyab
. . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
56
22
78
34
44
50.65
50.4
32
59
3.58
5 Moulmein
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
60
26
86
25
61
75.
5 8 .
38
80
7.'6
6 Toungoo
. . .
. . .
...
...
...
14
16
30
15
15
14.74
12.14
7
32
2.78
( iii )
STATEMENT No. III.—Showing the receipts and expenditure on account of lock-hospitals during the year 1883 and also the funds from which this expenditure has
been paid.
-
1
2
3
4
5
6
N o .
Stations.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURE.
How PAID.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
R e g i s t r a t i o n f e e s f r o m p r o s t i t u t e s .
F i n e s l e v i e d u n d e r t h e r u l e s .
T o t a l r e c i e p t s . *
P a y o f M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s .
P a y o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t .
A l l o t h e r e x p e n s e s
.
T o t a l e x p e n s e s .
B y G o v e r n m e n t .
F r o m c a n t o n m e n t f u n d s .
O t h e r s o u r c e s . †
T o t a l .
D e d u c t a m u n t r e a l i z e d b y f e e s a n d f i n e s
N e t c o s t t o G o v e r n m e n t .
1
Provincial
Rangoon
Municipal
RS.A.P. RS.A.P.
Rs. A.P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
RS. A. P.
...
...
583 4 0
435 4 4
1,962 8 0
2,076 3 11
4,474 0 3 4,474 0 3 ...
...
4,474 0 3
583 4 0 3,890 12 3
...
... 2,532 14 0
900 0 0
3,485 5 3
5,103 5 . 11
9,488 11 2
. . .
9,488 11 2 9,488 11 2 2,53214 0 6,955
1 3 2
2 Bassein
. . .
. . .
...
600 0 0
356 5 4
114 13 2
1,071 2 6
1,071 2 6 1,071 2 6
1,071 2 6
8 Thayetmyo
. . .
. . .
...
8 9 0
600 0 0
468 0 0
411 11 6
1,479 11 6
... 1,47,9 11 6 1,479 11 6
8 9 0 1,471 2 6
4 Akyab
. . .
...
...
8 0 0
601 10 8
1,478 3 5
358 3 3
2,438 1 4
. . .
... 2,438 1 4 2,438 1 4
8 0 0 2,430 1 4
5 Moulmein
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
700 0 0
658 0 0
758 6 8
2,116 6 8
. . .
... 2,116 6 8 2,116 6 8
2,116 6 8
6 Toungoo
...
...
. . .
600 0 0
540 0 0
443 4 10
1,583 4 10
. . .
... 1,583 4 10 1,583 4 10
...
1,583 4 10
(IV)
RANGOON
The 25th March 1884.
* Total receipts include lock-hospital fees and fines from prostitutes.| † From municipalities.
D. SINCLAIR, M.B.,
Inspector-General. of Prisons with
Medical Administration, British Burma.
•
From W. PEARL, Esq., Deputy Surgeon-General, Her Majesty's Forces, British Burma Division, to the
Inspector-General of Jails, with Civil Medical Administration, British Burma,—No. 201, dated the
1st March 1884.
I HAVE the honour to return the lock-hospital reports as per margin with
the following observations :—
At Rangoon, where registration has increased,
gonorrhœa appears to have occurred in undue pro-
portion to other diseases. This points out that
intercourse with unregistered prostitutes is the chief
source of venereal, disease. It is quite impossible
that in a large city like that of Rangoon the detective agency employed by the
police can be of any but the slightest use.
In Thayetmyo, where prostitution is more easily controlled, the admissions
among the troops are fallen to nearly half of those of last year, and of these
45 only 28 appear to have been locally acquired.
At Toungoo syphilis has increased to an alarming extent among the soldiers
and no doubt may be attributed, as the Medical Officer remarks, in a great
measure to the fact that the men of the present regiment (the 2nd Battalion Bed-
fordshire) are much younger than those formerly stationed there.
The strength and admission among European soldiers for the last two years
will be seen at a glance from the following table :—
Station.
Year.
Strength.
Admission.
Rangoon
..
...
. . .
1882
1883
666
733
150
141
Thayetmyo ...
. . .
. . .
1882
1883
662
659
87
45
Toungoo
. . .
. . .
1882
1883
395
488
92
131
Rangoon.
Thayetmyo.
Akyab.
Bassein.
Toungoo.
Moulmein.
R E P O R T
ON THE
LOCK-HOSPITALS, BRITISH BURMA,
FOR THE YEAR 1884.
RANGOON : PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, 1885.
RESOLUTION
ON THE
REPORT ON LOCK-HOSPITALS
IN
BRITISH 1-1ERMA
FOR THE YEAR 1884.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner, British Burma, in the General Department,—
No. 10S., dated the 26th March 1885.
READ—
Report of the Sanitary Commissioner on the working of the several lock-hospitals in the province of
British Burma for the year 1884, with remarks by the Deputy Surgeon-General of Her Majesty's
Forces,_ British Burma Division.
RESOLUTION.--The lock-hospital at Moulmein, which the Municipal Com-
mittee were not desirous to maintain, was closed on the 1st June 1884. Through-
out the whole of the year under review lock-hospitals were maintained, and rules
connected with them were enforced, at Rangoon, Thayetnayo, and Toungoo, at
the instance of the Military authorities for the protection of the troops. At Akyab
and Bassein, the hospitals were maintained by the desire and at the expense of the
Municipal Committees of those towns, chiefly for the benefit of the floating seafar-
ing population. Except at Rangoon, where there was some overcrowding, the
buildings used as lock-hospitals afforded sufficient accommodation, for the pur-
poses required, and all the institutions were found on inspection to be in fair
working order.
2. So far as concerns the protection afforded by the lock-hospitals to the
European troops in the province, the report shows that although the strength of
the garrison was reduced from 1,880 in 1883 to 1,628 in the past year, the num-
ber of cases of venereal disease which occurred among European soldiers, includ-
ing relapses and importations, was 317, the same as in the previous year.
Of these 288 were fresh cases contracted on the spot. The average ratio of
admissions to hospital on account of diseases of this kind at the three military
stations was 176 . 86, a higher ratio than in any of the preceding five years.
The increase in the ratio of admissions was common to the three stations, but
was especially marked at Toungoo, where the ratio •has been steadily increasing
since 1880.
( 2 )
Admissions to civil dispensaries on account of venereal diseases increased
from 3,114 in 1883 to 3,380 in the year under review. Except at Bassein,
where there was a decrease, the number of admissions at each of the towns where
lock-hospitals are maintained was greater than in the previous year.
3. The same measures as have been adopted in former years were taken to
suppress illicit prostitution. But the figures in the report seem to indicate that
the rules were enforced with even less vigour than heretofore. Only 266 unregis-
tered women were arrested for breach of the rules, as compared with 526 in 1883.
At Toungoo there was only one prosecution, a fact which goes far to explain the
unfavourable results noticed above.
4. The average number of women registered as prostitutes did not materially
differ from the number in previous years. Except at Akyab and Thayetmyo,
where there was a slight falling off, the attendance at the hospital inspections was
more regular than in previous years. Three hundred and twenty-four registered
women were arrested for breaches of rules, of whom 151 were punished. These
figures are much lower than in 1883, the reason apparently being that the women
behaved better than in that year. The number of cases of disease among regis-
tered women decreased from 1,228 in 1883 to 956 in the past year ; and in
every hospital the percentage of cases of disease to the average number of women
on the register was less in 1884 than in the preceding year. From a comparison
of these figures with the statistics above quoted of the prevalence of disease
among the civil and military population, it would seem that the steps taken to
enforce the rules which prohibit illicit prostitution are quite ineffectual. It is
clearly desirable that the authorities to whom is entrusted the immediate working
of the system should make more strenuous efforts to prevent the rules from
becoming a dead letter.
By order of the Chief Commissioner,
H. THIRKELL WHITE,
Oh. Secretary.
REPORT
ON
LOCK-HOSPITALS, BRITISH
BURMA,
FOR THE YEAR 1884.
THE statistical facts regarding the various lock-hospitals in this province
are tabulated in the appendix. In examining these and other statements in the
body of the report, it should be borne in mind that the lock-hospital at Moulmein
was closed on the 1st June, as ordered in paragraph 5 of the Resolution on the
Re
po rt
for 1883.
The Municipal Committees at Akyab and Bassein have resolved to continue
to support their local institutions.
I.—The nature and extent of the hospital accommodation, whether it is suitable, and whether there has
been any change in it during the year.
The lock-hospitals were all inspected by me during the year and were found
in good, or fairly good, working order.
In the marginal statement the extent of the lock-hospital accommodation at
the towns where the provisions
of the Contagious Diseases Act
were in force during 1884 is
shown. Except at Rangoon,
where there was a daily average
of nearly 82 patients, the accom-
modation was ample.
Beds.
Rangoon
...
...
•••
... 71
Moulmein
...
...
, 04
• • •
20
Toungoo
...
...
...
•••
6
Thayetmyo
...
...
•••
"' 12
Bassein
...
...
...
8
Akyab
...
...
...
...
8
At Rangoon overcrowding was obviated by making use, for dormitory pur-
poses, of a portion of the spacious verandah, which almost encircles the main
building. The Superintendent of this institution, in his annual report, again
comments on the inadequacy of the Apothecary's quarters. They are small it is
true, but then it must be remembered that their occupant has been drawing Rs. 30
a month house-allowance.
Surgeon Dalzell describes the main ward in the Bassein lock-hospital as
dark and gloomy, and partaking too much of the nature of a prison cell.
With theseexceptions, the accommodation is described as ample and suit-
.. _
able.
In the cyclone of May last the lock-hospital at Akyab was demolished.
A more presentable building, having a raised and boarded floor, mat walls, and
a dani roof, was thereafter constructed on the old site.
No structural alterations were effected in the other lock-hospitals.
II.—Any changes in the medical charge of the lock-hospitals during the year.
R
angoon.—Surgeon 0. Baker held charge of the lock-hospital from the 1st to
the 15th..January, Surgeon-Major H. Johnstone for the remainder of the year.
Thayetmyo.--
S
urgeon E P
. Frenchman from the 1st January to the 25th
February ; Mr. Foster from the 26th February to the 25th May ; and Surgeon
Frenchman to the end of the year.
Bassein.—Surgeon S. H. Dantra, from the 1st January to the 3rd December ;
First Class Hospital Assistant Chand Khan from the 4th to the 5th December ;
and Surgeon P. W. Dalzell from the 6th to the 31st December.
Akyab.—Mr . C. W. E. Foster from the 1st to the 28th January ; Surgeon
O . B a k e r f r o m t h e 2 9 t h J a n u a r y t o t h e 9 t h J u l y ; A s s i s t a n t S u r g e o n O . L . M u n s h i
from the 8th to the 20th July ; and again Surgeon Baker from the 21st July to the
31st December.
Toungoo .—Surgeon P. W. Dalzell held charge from the 1st January t o t h e
19th November, and Surgeon M. Smith for the remainder of the year.
( 4 )
On the whole the attendance would seem to have been more regular. In
formation as to the number of individual women reported for non-attendance
will be found at column 10, statement II. A uniform method of calculating the
number of reports has been followed in compiling this column.
Irregular attendance is usually attributed to inefficient controlling agency.
The following table shows the number of women arrested, punished, and
acquitted, and the number of desertions :-
NUMBER.
Stations
A r r e s t e d
Imprisoned Fined
A c q u i t t e d a n d r e l e a s e d
Deserted
Rangoon
...
...
_
. . .
. . .
292
12
108
2
.170
Moulmein
Toungoo
...
. . .
. . .
...
15
1
15
. . .
. . .
1
. . .
...
...
. . .
Thayetmyo
. . .
. . .
. . .
7
3
4
. . .
. . .
Bassein
...
. . .
...
5
. . .
4
1
...
Akyab
. . .
...
. . .
4
4
. . .
. . .
Total
324
34
117
3
170
There can, I think, be little question that, comparing this statement with
that for 1883, there is evidence of waning energy.
IX.-The arrangement for examining and treating women of this city and cantonment.
The same as in previous years.
X.-How far the disease has increased or decreased among women ; to what extent it has become
less virulent ; its nature as compared with that among the men ; is there any relation between
the two ; how far the admissions amongst the women are due to non-venereal affections or to
detention of women during the monthly illness.
The number of prostitutes found diseased and the daily average number in
hospital is shown at columns 11 and 12 of statement II. There has been a con.
siderable decrease, comparing 1884 with the preceding year, in the figures for
Rangoon and Akyab as far as column 11 is concerned.
_
_ .
The percentages found diseased to average strength for 1879-1884 are
compared below.
Stations.
1879.
-
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
Akyab
-
01111
. . . . . .
... 271.76 201 . 63 138 .96 123.40 116.49
96.65
Rangoon
...
. . . . . .
... 153.29 223 .02 20780 205 . 58 209 .80 180.39
Bassein
. . .
. . . . . .
... 20079 119 . 76
80 .00
99 . 57 124. 35 103.77
Thayetmyo
...
...
. . .
... 211 .86 261 .82 221 . 57 109 .43 156. 52 123.94
Moulmein
...
...
...
... 158 .62 143.28 161 .95 108. 03 106 . 67 104.96
Toungoo
. . .
. . . . . .
... 115 .38 117.85 398.47 642.48 217. 10 169.49
*Calculated for 12 months on the figures for five.
From the above we learn that the women were tins year, especially at the
garrison towns, freer from disease than ordinarily, whereas the troops, as was
observed in paragraph III, suffered in an exceptional manner.