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STATISTICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA FROM 1871 TO 1876.
[Section I.
Venereal Diseases of the European Army, 1871—75.
ARMY OF BENGAL.
| FORMS OF DISEASE. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1871-75. | 1876. | |||||||
| Strength, 35,071. | Strength, 36,591. | Strength, 36,817. | Strength, 37,190. | Strength, 37,814. | Strength, 183,483. | Strength, 37,028. | ||||||||
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| Primary Syphilis... | 2,572 | 73.3 | 2,266 | 61.9 | 1,809 | 49.1 | 2,466 | 66.3 | 2,696 | 71.3 | 11,809 | 64.4 | 2,215 | 59.8 |
| Gonorrhœa... | 3,371 | 96.1 | 3,194 | 87.2 | 3,178 | 86.3 | 3,683 | 99.0 | 3,559 | 94.1 | 16,985 | 92.6 | 3,730 | 100.7 |
| Phymosis... | 23 | 10.8 | 39 | 10.0 | 23 | 9.5 | 21 | 9.8 | 43 | 15.5 | 149 | 11.2 | 24 | 9.6 |
| Stricture... | 134 | 152 | 133 | 158 | 137 | 714 | 147 | |||||||
| Warts... | 104 | 74 | 96 | 104 | 155 | 533 | 111 | |||||||
| Orchitis, gonorrhœal... | 119 | 112 | 97 | 81 | 252 | 661 | 72 | |||||||
| TOTAL... | 6,323 | 180.2 | 5,837 | 159.1 | 5,336 | 144.9 | 6,513 | 175.1 | 6,842 | 180.9 | 30,851 | 168.2 | 6,299 | 170.1 |
| Secondary Syphilis... | 849 | 24.2 | 830 | 22.6 | 660 | 17.9 | 860 | 23.1 | 787 | 20.8 | 3,986 | 21.7 | 784 | 21.2 |
| Inflammation of the inguinal glands... | 630 | 32.3 | 52 | 27.2 | 503 | 26.4 | 427 | 24.4 | 539 | 22.2 | 2,620 | 26.4 | 537 | 26.3 |
| Orchitis... | 503 | 476 | 469 | 481 | 301 | 2,230 | 436 | |||||||
| TOTAL... | 8,305 | 236.7 | 7,664 | 208.9 | 6,968 | 189.2 | 8,281 | 222.6 | 8,469 | 223.9 | 39,687 | 216.3 | 8,056 | 217.6 |