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It will be seen that this rise took place more particularly in the month of
December, when there were no less than 18 men admitted for primary syphilis.
This I am able partly to explain from the following circumstance. On the 18th
November last two women escaped from the lock-hospital, one of whom was
suffering from severe syphilitic affection, the other from gonorrhoea. I reported
their escape to the Assistant Cantonment Magistrate, who informed the police. In
the course of a few days I received an answer from the Assistant Cantonment
Magistrate to say that the police had instituted enquiries and that the two prostitutes
had absconded to Rangoon. On the 10th December I again wrote, having in
the meantime been informed that the two women were still in Toungoo. On the
following day they were brought back to hospital and taken before the Cantonment
Magistrate, who punished them ; but still the fact remains that for 20 days or
more the two women were practising their trade diseased as they were.
IV.—Whether a Cantonment Sub-Committee for exercising special supervision over the rules has existed
throughout the year and what officers composed it.
There has been no special Sub-Committee. The Cantonment Magistrate and
the Civil Surgeon have endeavoured to carry out the Act aided by the police.
V.—What special measures have been taken for control of prostitution and especially for preventing the danger
from unlicensed prostitutes frequenting the lines.
No special measures have been taken. The following is a table showing
the number of prostitutes punished :—
Detailed statement of prostitutes punished, &c.
Date.
N u m b e r .
Name.
Section.
S e n t e n c e .
Fi ne i mpos e d. Fi ne r eal i s ed.
Remarks.
March 1881 ... 22 18 Mee Thee
... 17 of lock-hospital
rules.
Fined
Rs. Rs.
In default seven days'
simple imprisonment.
...
5
May
•••
3 17 Mee Thoo Sa
Do.
do. ...
Do. 10 10
Do.
do.
August
..
2 32 Mee Mya
... 19 of lock-hospital
rules.
Do.
5 ...
December ... 13 30 Ay Mya
...
Do.
do. ...
Do. 10 ... In default eight days'
simple imprisonment.
Do.
... 13 36 Mee La
...
Do.
do. ...
Do. 10 10
Do.
do.
Do.
... 20 31 Mee Lat
Do.
do. ...
Do. 10 ...
Do.
... 20 35 Mee Toke
...
Do.
do. ...
Do. 10 10
VI.—How far the registration has been efficient, to what class it extends, and over what area.
Act III of 1880 is the one in force ; it is supposed to extend four miles on
all sides of the cantonment.
The following table shows the number of prostitutes remaining and registered
Suring the year :—
Number of prostitutes remaining on 31st December 1880
...
26
Ditto
ditto
registered during the year 1881
. . .
11
Total
...
37
Number of prostitutes who absconded during the year
. . .
20
Ditto
ditto
remaining on register on 31st December 1881 17
VII.—Whether registration fees have been levied and at what rate.
No fees or payment of any kind have been levied.
VIII.—Whether the women have been regular at their pereodical examinations ; any remarks as to the cause
of irregularity, the number of individual women reported for non-attendance, the fines or other punish–
ments awarded, and the amount realized.
The women have throughout the year been fairly regular in their attend-
ance. The Native doctor accompanied by a policeman visited any women
staying away on the plea of ill-health in order to verify such statement.
The punishments in the shape of fines and imprisonment have been mentioned
in a former table.
IX.—The arrangements for examining and treating the women of the city and cantonment.
All the women were inspected once a week at the lock-hospital by me. Any
suspicious case was detained for observation : the hospital was also visited by me
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