These tables show that during 1875 there was a diminution in the total number of cases of
venereal disease as compared with the experience of 1874, and, more important still, a diminution
in the ratios of syphilis primary and secondary.
The proportion of syphilitic cases to other forms of venereal disease is, however, very high,
being over 65 per cent. for 1875. The number of registered women on the list at the close
of 1874 was 83 and at the close of 1875, 102. In the cases of registered women syphilis generally
appears as a mild and manageable disease, the severer cases of the malady being principally met
with in non-registered cases and in females who came to the cantonment from the districts.
Venereal disease is very common in domestic life all through the Ceded Districts. The detective
agency is insufficient ; the duties in connexion with the Lock Hospital being simply added to the
ordinary duties of the Police force, they come to be regarded as of inconsiderable importance, or,
at all events, as altogether of secondary importance to the legitimate duties of the department.
A special and active agency is required, and a corresponding vigour would seem to be called for in
conducting the magisterial duties connected with prostitution.
In my last report I alluded to the Police as active propagators of venereal disease.
Dr. Cleveland concludes his annual report for 1875 with the following remarks :
" The absent women are not, as a rule, apprehended, and several who indulge in promiscuous
prostitution are not brought on the register. Whether these are known to, and connived at by,
the Police for pecuniary bribes or other considerations, is a question not capable of solution, but the
allegation has often been made. The large number of venereal cases which occur among the
Police is a sure indication that they consort much with this class of women."
Prices Current of Food Grains in the Province of Mysore during the Year 1875.
Quantities per Rupee by the Standard seer.
Average Rate (Retail).
A n n u a l A v e r a g e R a t e ( R e t a i l )
J anuar y
Fe br ua r y
March
April
May
June
July
August
S e p t e mb e r
Oc t obe r
No v e mb e r
De c e mb e r
Wheat ..
..
.. 11.5 12.6 12.7 12.4 12.3 12.5 13
11.6 11.5 11.6 11.2 11.2 12
Barley
..
..
.. 12.4 13.3 14.1 13.5 14
13.2 13.3 12.3 12.2 11.9 11.9 11.4 12.8
Rice, best sort ..
.. 14.4 14.8 14.6 14.7 14.3 13.5 13.5 12.8 12.4 12.4 11
10.4 13.2
Rice, common ..
.. 17.3 17.6 17.1 17.1 16.8 16.1 16
15.1 14.7 14.1 12.4 11.9 15.5
Great millet (cholum) .. 30.1 30.1 30.3 30.4 29.7 29.5 28
25.5 24.4 21.8 21
20.3 26.8
Bulrush millet (cumboo). 28
28
33
32.6 32.6 40
31
24.8 24.8 21.6 22.6 22
28.4
Leper's millet ..
.. 38.8 38.9 38
39.8 38.7 36.8 35.7 33.2 30.4 27.5 21.4 20.8 33.3
Gram
..
.. 20.6 22.4 23.6 23.9 23.9 21.5 21.4 21.7 20.6 21.9 21.2 20.3 21.9
Firewood ..
..
.. 136 141 151 150.5 150.5 134.9 134.9 136.2 135.5 134.9 135.4 135.3 139.7
Salt
..
..
.. 11.6 11.2 11.4 11.3 10.9 10.5 10.6 10.7 11
11.1 10.9 11.4 11
Ragi
..
..
.. 37.8 38.3 36
36.9 36
33.5 34.1 33.7 29.4 24.8 20.6 18.7 31.6
(Signed) GEORGE SMITH, M.D.,
Deputy Surgeon-General, LAD.,
Mysore and Ceded Districts.
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MEDICAL AND SANITARY REPORT OF THE NATIVE ARMY OF MADRAS.
Statement showing the Extent of Various Forms of Venereal Diseases among the European Troops in the
Cantonment of Bellary during the Year 1875.
Regiments.
Period of Occupation.
Average
Strength
during the
Period of
Occupation.
Number of Admissions from
Venereal Diseases during the Period
of Occupation.
Ratio of
Admissions
per 1,000
of Strength
for Period
of Occupa
tion
Primary syphilis
..
119
Secondary do .. .. 52
24 .45
Gonorrhoea
..
..
92
Phymosis
..
.. ..
H M
.'s 48th Regi
ment.
11 1/2 months ..
Stricture
.. . . . .
Warts ..
..
..
..
B/20th Brigade R.A. .. From 1st January
1875.
896.16
Orchitis, gonorrhoeal ..
..
H.M.'s 43rd Regiment
L. I.
From 28thNovem
ber 1875.
Total ..
263
Deduct cases contracted
at Calicut and Canna
nore.
2
Balance number of cases
contracted at Bellary.
261