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Senior Medical Officer British Troops, and it is very remarkable that the men
very rarely point out any clandestine prostitutes as having diseased them, while
they do not appear to have any hesitation in reporting a registered woman, and
m o s t f r e q u e n t l y i n t h e l a t t e r c a s e t h e w o m a n i s f o u n d f r e e f r o m d i s e a s e . O n t h e
4th of September, the Lal bazar, in which the whole of the 1st class prostitutes
lived together, was completely washed away, and since then it has not been
possible to exercise the same supervision over the women who are now mixed
up with the rest of the people.
It has been recommended that the Lal bazar should be rebuilt with as little
delay as possible, but this has not yet been done. 3 women were removed from
the register,. as being too old and worn out to ply their trade.
7. Whether registration fees have been levied, &c.
No registration fees have been levied.
The average number of women attending at the periodical examinations
during the past year was 47.67, while the average
number of sick in hospital was 14.37 ; besides the lat-
ter a considerable number were excused from attend-
ance on account of non-venereal affections, The latter were either visited at their
houses by the Hospital Assistant, or made to produce certificates of attendance
at the Civil Dispensary.
The number of women reported to the Magistrate for non-attendance was
92, of whom 32 were punished by fine, and 1 by imprisonment. The amount
realized by these fines was Rs. 19, besides Rs. 9-4-0 levied from 9 of the clandes-
tine prostitutes brought before the Magistrate by the Police.
The 1st class prostitutes were examined on Monday, and the 2nd class on
Saturday throughout the year, and Wednesday was
devoted to the examination of the women in hospital ;
besides this, the chowdran was employed daily in visit-
ing the 1st class prostitutes at their houses, and examining them for disease
which she several times detected. This duty she has not been able to carry on
efficiently, since the women were scattered, in consequence of the destruction of
their houses. The Hospital Assistant has also examined the patients in Hospital
daily and applied the necessary remedies.
The number of admissions from primary syphilis during the past year
among the registered prostitutes was 50 against 72
in 1875. The sores have all been of the soft kind,
and no distinctly marked Hunterian chancre has been.
met with.
In comparing the returns for the Lock Hospital for the last two years, it
is to be observed that in 1875, sores were described as syphilis primary, ulcers
of os uteri and ulcers vagina ; whereas in 1876 Dr. Smith abolished these dis-
tinctions, and entered all sores on the genitals as syphilis primary.
This was, I think, a wise measure, as the sores, however described were of
a venereal character. The same remark applies to the admissions for discharge
from the genitals, which, in 1875, were divided into the headings of gonorrhœa,
leucorrhœa. In both cases, the disease from which the women suffered was,
doubtless regarded as being capable of infecting men who might consort with
them; and the employment of terms to describe their ailments, : which sounded
8. Whether the women have
been regular, &c.
Arrangements for examin-
ing and treating, &c.
10. How far disease has in
creased among the women.