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Details of Lock Hospitals in the Central Provinces during 1885-86.
Station.
Class of
Lock
Hospital.
Area over
which the
rules are in
force.
Estimat-
ed native
popula-
tion with-
in the
area.
Number
of admis-
sions
among
Europea
n T r o o p s .
Rate per
thousand.
Average
number
of prosti-
tutes on
register.
Average
number
attend-
ing
periodical
examina -
tions.
Total
number
reported
to Can-
tonment
Magis-
trate.
Average
daily
number
tutes in
Hospital.
Monthly
pay of Es
tablishmeut
Fines
u n d e r t h e r u l e s T o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e .
Total expen-
diture.
How much
paid by
Government.*
Popula-
tion
according
to last
Census.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
Kamptee
...
1886 1st Class. 7 miles. 50,000
282 317.26 48.20 39.78
37
3.73 221 10 10 9 0 0 2,653 14 7 1,980 8 6 50,987
1885
Do.
4 miles.
50,967
256 264.46 57.15 42.06
46
5.13 221 10 1¾ 58 8 0 2,782 10 1 2,051 9 9
Saugor
..
1886 2nd Class. 4 miles.
44,434
89 186.97 44.83 35.84
50
3.15 94 0 0 4 14 0 1,286 9 10
......
4 4 , 4 1 6
1885
Do.
4 miles.
44,434
68 126.63 45.77 37.10
7
2.67 94 0 0 3 4 0 1,255 4 5
......
Jubbulpore ...
1886
Do.
4 miles.
75,705
366 481
40.65 36.95
32
5.46 101 0 0 11 0 0 1,520 6 1
. . . . . .
75,705
1885
Do.
4 miles.
75,705
264 432.79 46.63 41.302
45
6.38 111 0 0 27 4 0 1,572 2 5
......
Pachmarhi ...
1 8 8 5 3rd Class. 3.62 miles. 2,000
35 868.42
7.25
7
. . .
4.00 35 0 0 3 12 0 480 15 0
. . . . . .
2,054
1886
Do.
3.62 miles. 2,000
17 149.12
8.42 8.42
...
.41 35 0 0
. . .
460 15 0
. . . . . .
Total Expenditure
...
1 8 8 6
. .
5,941 13 6 1,980 . 8 6
1885 .. 6,070 15 11 2,051 9 9
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL, KAMPTEE,
FOR THE YEAR 1886.
From Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. C. H . Miller, Cantonment Magistrate, Kamptee,
to the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces,—No. 141, dated
Kamptee, the 11th February 1887.
I have the honour to submit herewith the Annual Report on the work-
ing of the Lock Hospital of this Cantonment for the year 1886.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL, KAMPTEE, FOR THE YEAR 1886.
The hospital is a masonry building, surrounded by a high wall:there is a
ward in the centre giving accommodation for 12 beds;
there is a room at each end of the ward—one is used as
a dispensary and surgery, the other as an examination
room. The building affords ample accommodation for patients, and there are
out-houses as cook and washing rooms. It is kept in good repair.
Surgeon-Major G. J. Gibson, M. D., Medical Staff, was in medical charge
during the whole year.
The weekly returns have been received regularly, showing the extent of vene-
real diseases amongst the European Troops (vide return
attached):the annual yearly:Statement has been prepa-
red from them. The total number of admissions amongst
European Troops has been 282, viz. primary syphilis 4, secondary syphilis 6,
gonorrhœa 68, gleet 9, epididymitis 6, ulcer of penis 189,—total 282. Compared
with last year, this has been an increase of the total admissions of 26 cases; the
severer form of venereal disease (primary syphilis) has only caused 4 admissions,
and the greatest number of admissions have been for ulcer of penis—a local sore
on penis which does not produce constitutional symptoms. In last year's returns
all 'sores on penis were shown as primary syphilis, but since the introduction of
the new nomenclature of diseases, the non-infecting sore has been entered as
ulcer of penis.
The Cantonment Sub Committee which meets every month is composed of
the following officers:—. (1) The Deputy Surgeon General,
Nagpur Force ;(2) The Cantonment Magistrate; (3) the
Medical Officer, Lock. Hospital.
1885.
Return of Venereal diseases amongst European Troops.
R e g i m e n t .
p e r i o d o f
o c c u p a t i o n .
Average
strength
during
period of
occupation.
Number of admissions from
venereal diseases durin
g during
period of occupation.
Ratio of
a d m i s s i o n s
per 1,000
o f s t r e n g t h
for period
of occupa-
tion.
2nd Bat. R.M.F.... From lst Jan. to
31st Octr. 1885.
825 Primary Syphilis ...
. . . 28
Secondary do. ...
... 4
Gonorrhœa
...
...162
Phimosis
...
... 4
Stricture
...
... 9
255.75
Balanitis
...... 24
,
Epididymitis
... ...' 13
Glees
... ... 19
Total
...256
U. 1st R, A. .. From 1st Jan to
31st Decr. 1885,
143 Deduct cases contracted at other
stations
...
... 23
314.68
Balance number of cases con-
tracted at Kamptee
...233
No. 1.—The nature and ex
tent of hospital accommodation.
2.—medical charge.
3.—The extent of venereal
d i s e a s e s a m o n g s t t h e E u r o p e a n
Troops.
4.—Cantonment Sub-Com-
mittee for exercising
s u p e r v i s i o n
2
1886.
Regiment.
Period of occu-
patron.
Average
strength
during
period of
occupation.
Num.ber of.admissions.from
venereal diseases during
period of occupation.
Ratio.of.ad
mission
per 1,000
of strength
for period
of occupa-
tion.
2nd.' Bat.R.M.F... From 1st Jan
to 31st Decr
1886. (The.great-
er.portion of the
regiment left for
Burmah on .16th
Septr. 1886).
636 Primary Syphilis ....
4
Secondary do. ...
. . . 6
Gonorrhœa
... 68
Gleet
... .
9
Epididymitis
...
... 6
Ulcer of penis ...
..189
Total
. . . . . 2821
U. Battery R. A... From 1st Jany
to 31st Deer
, 1 8 8 6 . .
143 Deduct cases contracted.at
stations......
other
30 }347-26
I
Detachment 2nd
' B.M. M. S. R.
From 18th Septr.
1886.
117 Balance number of cases
traded at Kamptee...252
con-
Average
strengt for
year.
812
The following measures were taken for the control of prostitution and
prevention of disease :—(a) no women were employed for
any purpose about the single men's barracks; (b) women
found loitering about the neighbourhood of the barracks
for the purpose of prostitution were handed over to the
police; (c) women in the grass-cutters' lines, Royal Artillery, were prevented from
practising prostitution; (d) European soldiers admitted to the Station Hospital
suffering from venereal were asked to point out the women from whom they
contracted the disease; (e) soldiers arriving at or departing from the station
were examined for venereal disease;( f ) soldiers stating that they had contracted.
the disease from women on the roads or in the country, their statements were
forwarded to the Cantonment.Magistrate, informing him when women were
known to loiter about a particular place.
Registration is not very efficient as there are only 47 women on the register,
viz. 30 1st class, 17 2nd class;this is a less number than
in 1885, and only 6 women have been newly entered dur-
ing the year. This is a very small number for a station with a strength of 1,000
European troops, 1 Native Cavalry Regiment, 2 Native Infantry Regiments, and.
a large Civil population numbering over 50,000 inhabitants. Those who are on
the register represent only the lowest and poorest class of prostitutes, and the
number of uncontrolled prostitutes must be very large. Registered prostitutes
are of 2 classes officially, viz. 1st class for Europeans, and 2a class for Natives.
The area over which registration extends is 7 square mites.
No registration fees levied. The women have been regular in their attend-
ance at the examinations:all women absent are reported
to the Police and if in the station are punished. 37 women
were reported during the year for absence at the weekly
examinations;this is not many, as one woman who has
left the station may be reported five or six times before her name is removed
from the register. The total amount of fines levied during the year has been
Rs. 9;the money is -credited to the Cantonment fund.
5.—What measures were
taken for the control of prosti-
tution.
6.—Registration,&c.,
7.—Whether registration fees
have been levied,
8.—Whether the women
have been regular at the peri-
odical examinations.
3
The same as previous years:on Monday the 1st class prostitutes are exam
ined at the Lock Hospital by the Medical Officer in
charge;on Saturday the 2nd class women are examined
in the same way;on Wednesday the Medical Officer
in charge attends and sees in-patients, women who have been brought by the
Police, or those who were not examined on the other two days. A Dhai visits
the women in their own houses and reports to the Medical Officer in charge.
39 women were admitted to hospital during the year, viz. 12 for gonorrhœa,
26 'for primary venereal sores, and '1 for Herpes of geni-
tals. 2 women were admitted to hospital the day they
presented themselves for registration. Most of the cases
treated were mild, and there have been no symptoms of secondary syphilitic
disease amongst the women on the register:the number of women treated in
hospital has been less than in the two previous years. No relation could be
detected between the diseases in the European Station hospital and the women
of the Lock Hospital. Women pointed out by soldiers for having given them
the disease are, when examined, invariably found to be healthy, and believe
that soldiers point out women when they really do not know the -women they
have had connection with;either it has taken place in the dark or the soldiers
have been probably stupid from drink.
One Dhai visits the women daily at their own houses;she is paid by the
Cantonment.
No suggestions for the improvement of the rules. An increased number of
women on the register is urgently required, as the present
number is far too small for this large station. The women
on the.register.arecarefullyexamined-once. a. week. and
.
thepropagation of disease must be due to unlicensed pros-
titutes, and the Police ought to prevent this as far as possible. I am aware that.
when women are found loitering on the roads at night there is always some
man who comes forward and states that she is his wife;the same applies to
grass-cutter women in the Royal Artillery lines, and it is therefore difficult to
prove that they are living by prostitution,
G. J. GIBSON, M. D.,
Surgeon Major, M. S.
Lock Hospital, Kamptee,
2
9.—The arrangements for
examining the women of City
and Cantonment.
10.—Bow far disease has di-
minished or decreased amongst
the women.
11.—Dhai.
12.—Any information on
o ther matters or suggestions
for the improvement of the
.Rules
- 4
LOCK HOSPITAL, KAMPTEE
Strength of Prostitutes.
Remained on the Register on the 31st December 1885.
5 7
Registered during the year
...
. . . ..
•.•
6
....--
Total
....
63
Number who have removed their names, absconded or died, of regis-
tered prostitutes
...
...
...
16
Number of sick.
Remained on the 31st December 1885
...
. . .
4
Admitted during the year
...
...
. . .
39
Recovered
...
...
...
...
41
Remaining in Hospital on 31st December 1886 ...
. . .
2
Daily average number of sick
...
...
. . . .
3.73,
Average number of days in Hospital
...
...
3172
Rs a. p.
Average cost of each patient dieted in Hospital ...
,..
3 1 2
Average cost of each patient of contingencies
...
. •
1 11 3
British Troops.
Average strength during the year
...
. . .
812
Number of venereal sick remained on 31st December 1885
...
9
Number of venereal admissions into Hospital during the year
...
282
Remaining in Hospital on 31st December 1886 ...
...
11
Ratio of admission per mille of strength
...
. . .
347 26
Annual Statement of Expenses,
Sta-
tion.
Medi-
cal
Offi-
cer's
allow-
ante.
Medical
subord-
inate's
salary.
Nurse.
Female
cooly. Peons. CooL
Water-
man.
Toty
women.
Perish-
able
arti-
cles.
Wash-
ing.
Diet.
House
rest,
Rs. Rs. a. p
Rs.
s.
R s .
Its.
Rs.
Rs as.a.p. Rs. a.p. Rs. a. p.
Kamp-
tee ... 1,200 *I80 8 6
120
60
120
60
48
60 58 0 515 3 6 132 4 3 ...
*Includes rice money Rs. 244-6,
Detailed Statement of Sanctioned Establishment.
Station,
Medical
Officer.
Hospital
Assistants.
Nurse
or
Matron.
Fe-
male
cooly.
Bbistie
or
water-
man.
Cook.
Toty or
Sweeper. Peons,
o n R s . 1 0 0
o n R s . 5 0 o n R s . 1 0 p m a l l o w a n c e
o n
R s . 8 0
o n R s 1 0 a l - l o w a n c e . f o r 3 m o n t h s
& c
O n R s . 2 0
o n R s . 1 0
& c
& c O n R s . 5
& c
O n R s 1 5 O n R s . 8
O n R s . 4 & c
O n R s 1 4 O n R s . 7
O n R s . 5
& c
O n R s . 1 0
O n R s . 5
& c & c
O n R s . 6
O n R s . 5
& c
Kamptee .... 1 ... . . . . . . 1
1 ... ... 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Annual Statement No. I. of the Lock Hospital at Kamptee, for the year 1886.
Dated Kamptee, the 1st January 1887.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Local Government or
Administration.
Date on which
Lock Hospital
was established.
Act under which
the Rules are
in Force.
Area over
which the
Rules are in
force.
Estimated
Native popu-
lation.within
this area.
Details of monthly pay of Establishment.
Whethera
First or
Second Class
Hospital.
Remarks.
Central Provinces .. 24th Aug. 1861. Act III of 1880.7 square miles.
50,000
Rs. a. p.
l s t . C l a s s L o c k H o s p : t a l
* For three months a Me-
dical subordinate was
not available for the
Lock Hospital and one
from a Native Regi-
meat.p erformed` the
duties in addition to
his own.
Medical Officer
.. 100 0 0
Senior Hospital Assistant from
1st January to 30th September
1886, on Rs. 80 per mensem ...
80 0 0
Second Grade Hospital Assistant
in sub-charge from 1st October
to 26th December, on Rs. 10*
Matron
. . .
10 0 0
Cooly woman
. . .
5 0 0
2 peons at Rs. 5 each per men-
sem
...
10 0 0
Bhisti
. . .
4 0 0
Cook
. .
5 0 0
Mehtrani
. . .
5 0 0
Average monthly cost.of.rice
money for the Senior Hospital
Assistant
...
2 10 10
Total monthly cost of
Establishment
. . . 221 10 10
Annual Statement No. II. of the Lock Hospital at Kamptee, for the year 1886.
Dated Kamptee, 1st January 1887.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Average number
of prostitutes at-
tending the period
fœcal examinations.
Number reported
to Cantonment
Magistrate, or
other Civil autho-
city for non-attend-
ance.
Number of prosti-
tutes found dis-
eased at the peri-
odical. examina-
tions and detained
for treatment.
Records of diseases.
Number of registered
prostitutes.
Average number
of prostitutes on
the register in each
month and for the
year.
Diseases.
R e m a i n e d .
A d m i t t e d .
Total.
Di s c ha r ge d.
Di e d.
Remai ni ng.
Total.
Average number of
p r o s t i t u t e s i n h o s - p i t a l f o r e a c h m o n t h a n d t h e y e a r .
January ... 56·67 January .. 37 . 6 January ... ... January ... ... Gonorrhœa ... 1 12
1 3 12
1 13 January ...
2·96
Number remaining on the
register at the end of last
year.
57 February ... 54·14 February... 40·5 February ...
2 February ..
3 Syphilis Prima-
ry ...
2
27 29 28 ..
1
29
February ...
3·14
March ... 50·52 March ... 41· March
..
3 March
. .
3
March
... 2·26
Number added to the re-
gister during the year
1886.
6 April
... 51·93 April
... 39· April
...
6 April
...
3
Syphilis Secon
- d a r y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... April
... 6·1
Total ... 63
May
... 50 . 99 May
... 39· May
. .
6 May
...
4 Ulcus os Uteri... 1 ... 1 1 . . .
...
1 May
... 5·70
June ... 49.36 June
... 41· June
...
4 June
..
1
June
... 2·86
Number who removed
their names from the re-
gister, died, or abscon-
ded, during the year
1886.
July
... 47·51 July
... 40· July
...
3 July
...
4
July
... 3·74
16 August ...
44·67 August ... 37·8 August
..
4 August
. . .
4
August
..
5·87
September. 45 .5 September. 37.75 September ... 4 September ... 1
September ... 5·13
October ... 46·00 October ... 37·75 October ... ... October ...
5
October
... 2·22
Number remaining on 31st
December 1886.
47
November. 46·20 November. 46·50November ... 3 November ...
3
November ..
1·90
December... 47·0 December .. 39.5 December ...
2 December ... 4
December ... 2·93
Total ... 63
Average for
the year... 48·20
Average for
the year... 39·78
Total for the
year ...
37 Total for the
year
... 35
Total .. 4
3 9
43 41 .. 2 43)
Average.., for
the year
...
3·73
6
Annual Statement No. III. of the Lock Hospital at Kamptee, for the year 1886.
Dated Kamptee, 1st January 1887.
1
2
3
4
5
Receipts.
Expenditure.
How paid.
Months.
Registra-
tion fees
from pros-
titutes.
Fines levied
under the
Rules.
Total
receipts.
Pay of
Medical
officer.
Pay of
Establish-
ment.
All other
expenses.
Total
expenses.
By Govern-
ment.
From Can-
tonment
Funds.
Other
sources.
Total.
Remarks.
Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p . Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p.
January
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . 100 0 0 121 10 9 12 1 10 233 12 7 182 10 9 51 1 10
...
233 12 7
February
. . .
3 0 0 3 0 0 100 0 0 121 6 7 12 1 0 233 7 7 182 6 7 51 1 0
...
233 7 7
March
. . .
. .
..
. .
. . . 100 0 0 121 10 9
9 15 4 231 10 1 182 10 9 48 15 4
...
231 10 1
April
. . .
3 0 0
3 0 0 100 0 0 121 9 4 22 10 0 244 3 4 182 9 4 61 10 0
...
244 3 4
May
. . .
. .
..
. .
. . . 100 0 0 121 10 9 46 10 1 268 4 10 182 10 9 85 10 1
...
268 4 10
June
... None levied
. . .. . .
. . . 100 0 0 121 9 4 12 7 6 234 0 10 182 9 4 51 7 6
...
234 0 10
July
. . .
3 0 0 3 0 0 100 0 0 121 10 9 15 6 5 237 1 2 182 10 9 54 6 5
...
237 1 2
August
. . .
. . .. . .
. . . 100 0 0 121 10 9 22 10 4 244 5 1 182 10 9 61 10 4
...
244 5 1
September
. . .
. .
..
. .
. . . 100 0 0 122 2 6 21 6 3 243 8 9 183 2 6 60 6 3
...
243 8 9
October
. . .
. . . . .
. . . 100 0 0 49 0 0 11 3 4 160 3 4 110 0 0 50 3 4
...
160 3 4
November
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . 100 0 0 49 0 0
3 7 10 152 7 10 110 0 0 42 7 10
...
l52 7 10
December
. . .
. .
..
. .
. . . 100 0 0 55 7 0 15 6 2 170 13 2 116 7 0 54 6 2
...
170 13 2
Total
...
. . .
9
0 0
9 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,248 8 6 205 6 1 2,653 14 7 1,980 8 6 673 6 1
...
2,653 14 7
8
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL, SAUGOR,
FOR THE YEAR 1886.
From Lieutenant J. G. Morris, Cantonment Magistrate, Saugor, to the Secretary
to the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, Nagpur,—No. 101 ; dated
Saugor, the 19 th January 1887.
I have the honour to forward a Report on the working of the Lock Hospital,
Saugor Cantonment, for the year 1886.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LOCK HOSPITAL, SAUGOR, FOR THE YEAR 1886.
The Hospital accommodates twenty in-patients, and for this number it
is suitable. There are two wards, a dispensary and
examination room, two bath rooms, a cook room, and
four rooms for servants; there are two latrines, dry
earth conservancy is practised, and the night soil
removed twice daily. The Hospital bas been lime-
washed and some repairs executed.
No changes have been made in the building during the year.
Surgeon-Major T. M. O'Brien held charge of the Hospital from
1st January to 1st August 1886, Surgeon Major A.
Scott Reid, M. B., from 2nd August to 7th September
1886; since than I have been in charge of the institu-
tion.
I.—The nature and extent
of the Hospital accommodation,
whether it is suitable and
whether there has been any
hange in it during the year.
II.—Any change in Medical
charge of the Lock Hospital
puring the year.
III—The extent of vene-
real disease among the Euro-
pean Troops.
During the year the Detachment 2nd Royal War-
wickshire Regiment, with an average strength of
219, showed 61 venereal diseases or 278·53 per
thousand.
The forms of the diseases were :—
Gonorrhœa 18, primary syphilis 38, secondary syphilis 5,—total 61.
In 1885, with a strength of 199 men, there were 51 admissions or 256·28
per 1,000.
In 1884, with an average strength of 191 men for twelve months, there
were 42 admissions or 219 89 per 1,000.
In 1883, with a strength of 207 men, there :were 58 admissions or 280
per 1,000.
In the Q. 3rd Royal Artillery, out of a strength of 146, showed :23 venereal
diseases or 157 .53 per 1,000.
The forms of diseases were gonorrhœa 8, primary syphilis 13, secondary
Syphilis 2,—total 23.
In 1885, with a strength of 160 men, there were 15 admissions or 93·75
per 1,000.
The forms of diseases were 8 gonorrhœa 5, primary syphilis, 2 secondary
syphilis,—total 15.
In 1884, with a strength of 154 men, showed 23 venereal diseases or
149·35 per 1000.
In 1883, with a strength of 148 men, there were 46 admissions or 310·81
per 1,000.
In the M. 4th Royal Artillery, who arrived at Saugor on the 8th December
1886, and with an average strength of 111, showed 5 venereal diseases or 45
per 1,000.
The forms of diseases were :—
Gonorrhœa 3, primary syphilis 2,—total 5.
The admissions to Hospital during the year 1886 were :—
Q. 3rd R. A.
M-4th R. A.
Dett. R. W. R.
Primary syphilis
.. .
13
2
38
Secondary do.
...
2
. . .
5
Gonorrhœa
...
8
3
18
Total
. . .
23
5
61
The Senior Medical Officer, British Troops, furnished the Cantonment Magis-
trate with these returns, and they are regularly submit-
ted to me weekly.
Regular monthly meetings of the Sub-Committee are held to discuss the
affairs of the Hospital.
The following are members :
—
The Officer Commanding Q-3rd R. A.
The Officer Commanding R. W. R.
The Medical Officer in charge Lock Hospital
.
The Deputy Commissioner.
The District Superintendent of Police.
The Cantonment Magistrate and Secretary.
The Police are empowered to send any unregistered woman who may be
found plying her vocation near the lines to the Lock
Hospital for examination. Women voluntarily come
forward for registration.
The average number of women who obtained leave during the year has
been 5.5.
The registration appears to have been attended with a very considerable
degree of success, and the prevalence of venereal diseases
amongst the European Troops is chiefly due to the fact
that the soldiers do not confine themselves to the regis-
tered prostitutes.
In every case, on the admission of a man to hospital with venereal disease,
an endeavour has been made to trace the source, but with very limited success ;
many women have been indicated by the soldiers as having communica ted the
infection, but on examination these have invariably been found free from disease.
It is believed that a very large number of coolie women are in reality prostitutes,
and that to this class the contamination of the Troops is largely attributable.
The registered prostitutes are of two classes :
—
1st.—Those cohabiting with Europeans.
2nd. —Those cohabi t i ng wi t h Nat i ves.
IV.—Have the returns been
regularly received.
V.—Whether the Sub-Com-
mittee meet regularly or not.
VI.—Special measures for
control of prostitution and
specially for preventing unli-
censed prosritution.
VII.—Efficiency of registra-
tion and extent of area.