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Statement I in the appendix gives the information regarding the area cover-
ed by registration required under this head. It remains the same as in former
years.
VII.—-Whether registration fees have been levied and at what rate.
Except at Thayetmyo, where the practice was discontinued in March 1883, no
registration fees have been levied. This accords with the instructions conveyed in
the concluding paragraph of the resolution on the Lock-hospital Report for 1882.
VIII.—Whether women have been regular at the periodical examination, any remarks as to the
causes of irregularity, the number of individual women reported for non-attendance, the
fines or other punishments awarded, and the amount realized.
At statement II in the appendix will be found statistics regarding the num-
ber of prostitutes on the register and the number who attended periodical exami-
nation.
In the following table the percentage of attendance to average number of
prostitutes for the past five years is given:—
Stations.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
Akyab
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
93.43
98.60
99.67
98.01
99.51
Rangoon
...
. . .
...
...
67.12
65.09
66.17
65.99
69.32
Bassein
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
83.86
81.01
90.88
87.01
75.65
Thayetmyo ...
...
. . .
. . .
...
83.90
78.70
87.79
87.55
86.09
Moulmein
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
82.76
85.88
96.92
80.44
77.33
Toungoo
...
...
. . .
. . .
...
70.64
79.24
75.87
54.88
82.36
Total
...
72.17
71.26
74.06
72.62
73-62
The attendance was best at Akyab, Thayetmyo, and Toungoo, somewhat in-
different at Moulmein and Bassein, and bad at Rangoon. The attendance on the
whole however was slightly better than in any of the other years in the table
except 1881, and all the Medical Officers, except at Rangoon, express themselves
as fairly satisfied with it. Dr. Johnstone has again to complain of the irregularity
of the Burmese women.
In column 10 of statement II are entered the number of prostitutes reported
for non-attendance at examinations. For comparative purposes these figures are
not of much value, as at each hospital a different mode of calculating is adopted.
At Rangoon 1,756 are shown as reported for non-attendance ; but, as pointed out
in the report for that hospital, this does not actually represent the number of indi-
viduals, " as the names of all are kept on the register for two months and reported
weekly till their names are struck off." In this way a non-attendance con-
tinuously for two months counts eight.
In Moulmein " women who failed to attend three consecutive examinations,
and whose whereabouts cannot be found, are struck off the books." Twelve
women are said to have been reported to the Magistrate for non-attendance ; they
therefore are answerable for the 38 reports shown in column 10.
At Thayetmyo 13 absentees seem to be responsible for 42 reports, and at
Akyab 17 for 32. The method of calculating at Bassein or the number of different
individuals or omissions to attend which go to make up the 12 reports cannot
be made out from the divisional report. On the other hand, at Toungoo seven
women are said to have brought about the seven reports show in statement II.
Some uniform system of calculating non-attendances ought to be adopted at the
different institutions, and it should be observed that it is " the number