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IV.—The Cantonment Sub-Committee for exercising special supervision over
the rules has existed throughout the year. The following six officers composed
the Committee :—
1.—The Deputy Surgeon General, Nagpur Force.
2.—The Deputy Commissioner of Nagpur.
3.—The Senior Medical Officer of British Troops.
4.—The Medical Officer in charge Lock Hospital.
5.—The Cantonment Magistrate.
6.—The District Superintendent of Police.
The meetings of the Committee were regularly held on the first Monday of
every month, and were attended by all the officers named above, except the Deputy
Commissioner of Nagpur and the District Superintendent of Police.
V.—The special measures adopted were the same as those noted by the officer
in charge last year, and his report may be repeated verbatim. They group them-
selves under 3 heads:—
a,—the rigid exclusion of all females from the single men's quarters;
b,—the watch maintained by the Cantonment Police on the proceedings
of women of suspicious appearance;
c,—and the endeavour to identify women who have infected soldiers.
The first of these seems to be the only really beneficial measure, the last
almost invariably ending in failure. Only one woman was sent up by the Police
for carrying on clandestine prostitution during the year. The Cantonment Magis-
trate however reports that she was acquitted, though her name was enrolled on
the list of registered prostitutes.
VI.—It appears to me that registration is not as efficient as it might be, for
not only does an average of 59 prostitutes seem small for a cantonment and station
with 890 British Troops, and 908 Native troops, and a civil population of over
50,000, but almost invariably when soldiers and sepoys have contracted disease, and
have been required either to point out, or give information concerning the women
infecting them, the result has been a failure. I may add also, that, from what
I have heard of the habits of native merchants and others in the town, I am
disposed to view the numbers set forth in these returns, as only inadequately
representing prostitution practised as a profession, though faithfully enough show-
ing the results of registration. I believe that if any further improvement is to
be effected in this direction some attention must be turned to venereal diseases as
occurring among police men. Registered prostitutes are of two classes,—those for
Europeans and those for natives. The area over which registration extends is
7 square miles. There is a decrease in the number of prostitutes this year, the
number being 64 against 69 in 1880. Four prostitutes were registered during the
year, and 6 died or absconded.
VII.—No registration fees have been levied.
VIII —The women have as a rule been regular in their attendance at the
weekly examinations. Twelve registered women were fined for breaches of
Lock Hospital rules, chiefly for absenting themselves from examination. The
fines collected amounted to 17 rupees.
IX.—Three examinations are made weekly. On Monday women regis-
tered for Europeans present themselves; Wednesday is reserved for in-patients
and women detained ; while on Saturday those registered for natives are exam-
ined. Women reporting sick are visited at their homes by the Lock Hospital
Assistant.
X.—Venereal disease among the women has decidedly decreased during
this year, the total number of admissions being only 72 against 91 in 1880 and
114 in 1879. Parallel with a decrease in the admissions for primary syphilis
among the troops in garrison is seen a fall in the number of admissions from the