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4. Whether a Cantonment Sub-
Committee &c.
The Cantonment Sub-Committee met regularly
once a month during the year to exercise supervision
over the working of the Lock Hospital,
The following Officers composed it:--
(1.) The Deputy Surgeon General Nagpur Force.
(2.) The Deputy Commissioner of Nagpur.
(3.) The Senior Medical Officer British Troops.
(4.) The Medical Officer in charge Lock Hospital.
(5.) The Cantonment Magistrate.
(6.) The District Superintendent of Police, Nagpur.
All these officers, with the exception of the Deputy Commissioner, Nagpur,
and the District Superintendent of Police, have attended the monthly meetings
regularly. The District Superintendent of Police has only recently been appoint-
ed a member of the Committee by the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces.
8. How far registration has been
efficient, &c.
The Police captured 10 women caught by them carrying on clandestine
prostitution, and all of these women were convicted
by the Cantonment Magistrate, and brought on the
register.
5. What special measures have
been taken for,control of prostitution.
In addition to this, the Regimental Police had orders to capture women
found carrying on prostitution about the roads with soldiers ; but no women were
caught by the Military Police, and this duty is so distasteful to soldiers that this
fact is not at all surprising. For some months past the women formerly em
ployed as Punkah pullers, &c., about the lines, have been replaced by men, with
apparently a good effect, as the number of cases of venereal disease among Euro-
peans soldiers has diminished since this change took place.
Registration cannot, I regret to state, be considered as efficient, as the num-
ber of prostitutes on the register has decreased very
considerably ; while, so far as I am aware, no de-
crease has taken place in the number of women prao-
tising prostitution in the bazaar.
There are two classes of women on the register, viz., 1st class for Europeans,
and 2nd class for Natives. The diminution in numbers has taken place in-both
classes, and amounted to 12 in the former and 3 in the latter. Registration
extends over an area of 4 miles,
The explanation of the decrease in the number of registered women
lies in the fact, that, whereas no less than 38 women removed their names from
the register, only 23 were registered during the year. The exceptional circum-
stances detailed in paragraph 3 have thrown difficulties in the way of the Police
with regard to the detection of clandestine prostitutes ; but now that these
circumstances are changed, it is to be hoped they will succeed in catching and
bringing up for registration some of the numerous women practising sly prosti-
tution.
Whether registration fees
have been levied, &c.
No registration fees have been levied.
The women were irregular in their attendance during the early part of
the year, and when native feasts and holidays occur there'
i.s always some irregularity in their attendance.
8. Whether the women have
been regular, &c.
The number of women reported to the Cantonment Magistrate for non-atten.
dance was 50 against 67 in 1877; of these, 36 were punished by being fined, and
the remaining 14 were admonished. The amount realized by fines was Rs. 27.
No alteration has been made in the mode and time of examination and
treatment, Monday being the examination day for 1st
clans women, Wednesday that for in-patients, and Satur-
day for 2nd class women. The women were prescribed
9. Arrangements for exam-
ining and treating, IC.