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THAYETMYO.
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. Thayetmyo Lock-hospital is adapted for the accommodation of sick
prostitutes, and can hold without overcrowding 12 patients, a number (one) in excess
of the maximum for which accommodation has been required on any one day
during the year. The arrangements of the building are suitable for the purposes
for which they are required, but it would be advisable, in order to secure more pri-
vacy, to have the verandahs which look to wards the public road hung with chicks
or screens.
II.—Any changes in the medical charge of the lock-hospital during the year.
Assistant Surgeon B. N. Chowdry was in charge from the 1st January to the
3rd May ; Surgeon E. P. Frenchman, attached to the 31st Regiment, Trichinopoly
Light Infantry, officiated for the Civil Surgeon from the 7th May to the 12th June;
Surgeon P. W. Dalzell, Civil Surgeon, Thayetmyo, took over charge on the 13th
June and held the appointment throughout the remainder of the year.
III.—The extent of venereal disease among European troops as shown by the weekly returns.
The changes that took place in the Thayetmyo garrison during the greater
part of the year were few and insignificant. The European force which remained
in occupation from the year 1880 consisted of the 1st Battalion Oxfordshire Light
Infantry with an average strength of 498, the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment with an
average strength of 857 men, and two batteries of artillery with an average strength
of 158. In addition to these the artillery was strengthened on the 29th Novem-
ber by a batch of men averaging in strength during the time of occupation five
men, making a total average strength of 1,518 soldiers, and among this force
there were during the year of report 140 cases of venereal disease, a ratio of 9.22
per cent.
The following table shows the distribution, nature, and extent of venereal
disease from which the European troops in garrison suffered during the year
1881:—
A v e r a g e s t r e n g t h d u r i n g t h e o c c u p a t i o n .
LENGTH
OF OCCU-
PATION.
CASES OF
DISEASE.
N a t u r e o f a d m i s s i o n f r o m v e n e r e a l d i s e a s e .
Regiments.
Period of occupation.
Mont hs.
4
D a y s .
I m p o r t e d .
L o c a l l y a c q u i r e d .
R e - a d m i s s i o n s .
T o t a l .
4-8th Royal Artillery 1st Jany. to 8th Dec. 1881
72.27
11 7
2
5
1
8 P. syph. 64
7-9th
ditto
29th Nov. to 31st Dec. 1881
4.84
1
1
. . . ... ... ... S. do.
65
16-9th
ditto
1st Jany. to 31st Dec. 1881
85.55
12 ...
1
5
3
9 Gonorrhœa 11
1st Battn. Oxf. L. I. 1st Jany. to 31st Dec. 1881
498.38
12 ...
6 28 15 49
1st Battn. Esx. Regt. 1st Jany. to 8th Dec. 1881
703-48
11 7
5 46 10 61
Detcht. 1st Esx. Regt. 1st Jany. to 31st Dec. 1881
154
12 ... ... 13 ... 13
Total ...
1,518.52
14 97 29 1140
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140
It will be seen from the above table that out of the 140 cases of venereal
disease 14 are shown to have been imported and 29 are re-admissions, or more pro-
perly speaking relapses, so that if these figures be deducted from the total 97
remains, which represents the actual number of cases of venereal disease acquired in
this station, and gives a ratio of 6.4 per cent. of average strength. This is
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