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lst.—It is known that a number of women carry on clandestine:prostitution
in both the Cantonment and City, more specially in the latter place,: and are: not
detected : this calls for a better and stricter system of Police surveillance.
2nd.—The Regimental authorities should strictly prohibit women of the
cooly class, beggars, and grass-cutters, &c., from loitering about the vicinity of
European Regimental limits.
3.—Registered women are encouraged to point out unlicensed women prac
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y
t h e P o l i c e o f t h e i r
reports.
4th.—In a monetary point of view the European soldier resorts to the
unregistered woman, as her charge is usually much less than that of the regis-
tered woman, and this evil it will be difficult to suppress.
Twelve free . quarters are in the Sudder bazar for registered women.
Fourth Class Native Doctor Jairam has been in subordinate medical charge
Native Medical Subordinate. during the year and has given satisfaction.
J. YOUNG, M. B., Surgeon-Major,
In Medical charge Lock Hospital.
Memo. by District Superintendent of Police.
Every effort has been made by the Police to trace the women who are
practising clandestine prostitution, but for so far without success. Policemen
in plain clothes have been told off to watch the fields, villages, &c., in the
neighbourhood of the barracks to try and find out to whom the soldiers resorted,
but no women have been discovered. It is obviously very difficult for a few
policemen to strictly watch the movements of some 400 men, when these men
wish to prevent their movements being observed. A Constable attends the
Hospital daily to see if' there are any fresh admissions from venereal disease, and
when there are, Mr. Beatson (the European Constable) visits the Hospital and
endeavours to discover the source of contagion. On more than one occasion
men have pointed out the women from whom they said they contracted disease:
the women have been examined by the officer in charge of the Lock Hospital and
found free from disease; on no single occasion has any European soldier been
known to speak the truth in this respect.
It is not the fact, as stated by registered prostitutes, that when they point
out women whom they assert practise clandestine . prostitution, the police takes
no notice ; on the contrary several women so indicated have been sent to the
Cantonment Magistrate for registration, and the houses of others have been
watched to see if they are frequented by European soldiers.
It is probable that the late outbreak of disease is the work of some one or
two women to whom the soldiers have taken a fancy and who have not yet been
discovered. Probably coolie women, or ayahs of married men.
It is to be regretted that the Regimental police and Non-commissioned
officers give no assistance to the Cantonment police in their endeavours to
discover the sources of contagion. They live amongst the men, they understand
their language and they have many opportunities of learning their movements
which are denied to the Cantonment police.
If the Committee can suggest any other measures for the discovery of the
women from whom the men contract disease, District Superintendent will be
glad, if practicable, to carry them out.
D. McNEILL,
18th January 1887 .
District Supdt. of Police.