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The Civil police have frequently been warned to keep a sharp look out for
women practising unlicensed prostitution, and bring
them before the Cantonment Magistrate, who sends
them to the Lock Hospital for examination and regis-
tration. Six have been brought by the police during the
year, against 5 last year. Yet there is every reason to believe that a very large
number of unlicensed women do carry on prostitution in the city. Every effort
is made by the Police to detect these women and place them on the register.
The Europeans acting as Regimental police are also expected to seize any
women of the sort loitering about the lines, and only one has been so detected
during the year. Twenty-three women have voluntarily come forward for regis-
tration
The total number of women who obtained leave during the year was 21,
giving a monthly average of 1.75 ; although this is below the usual number, yet,
I think, the greatest caution should be taken in the matter, as some of them
occasionally overstayed their leave for a short time.
The registration extends over an area of 4 miles from centre of the Canton-
ment. I do not consider registration as efficient as it
might be ; if the police and soldiers could be induced
to report all unlicensed prostitutes that exist to a
great extent, both in the city and villages round Cantonment, it will show better
results. I am well aware that many of the women are diseased. I have ample
evidence for saying, in my capacity as Civil Surgeon, that a large amount of disease
exists among the civil population, little or none of which can be disseminated by
registered women, who are most regular in attendance at the weekly examinations,
and if in the slightest degree diseased, are placed under treatment at once.
Registered women are being occasionally sent up by men as having given them
disease, but since I have been in charge of the hospital I have not found in a single
instance any of these women being diseased; it seems impossible to get the
Europeans and indeed even the Native soldiers to give any clue which may lead
to the detection of unregistered women, but with a fair amount of pressure
I should think the Regimental police ought to be able to suppress this near their
lines at all events.
V1.—Special measures for con-
trol of prostitution and especially
for preventing unlicensed prostitu-
tion.
VII.—Efficiency tf registration
and extent of area.
VIII.—Registration feer.
No registration fees have been levied.
The attendance on inspection days I consider very regular; seldom indeed is
a woman found absent, and hardly ever without some legitimate cause. No fine
has been in consequence levied during the year.
Women are examined according to classes, the second class on Mondays,
and first class on Fridays. These are always made
by the Medical officer with the speculum, the Native
Doctor and the Matron being in attendance. Women
reported are seen on the following morning, and those sent in as having been
suspected of disease by the Europeans at any time.
The total number of admissions of all diseases during the past year was
120 against 69 in the previous year, and 77 in 1878.
showing an increase of 51 and 43 respectively.
The following table for the three years will show particulars :—
1878.
1879.
1880.
Gonorrhea
... 21
14
21
Syphilis primary
..
20
17
30
Do.
secondary ...
1
1
1
Leucorrhœa
...
30
36
66
Menorrhagia
...
2
. . .
. . .
Inflammation of labia .
3
1
1
Syphilitic Rheumatism
...
•••
1
Total ,.,
77
69
120
IX.—Arrangement for examina-
tion.
X.—Inereass or decrease of di-
sease amongst the women.