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No. 1.—Statement showing the area over which the rules for the prevention of venereal disease have been in force, and the details of expenditure on lock-hospitals
during the year 1879.

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No. Stations. Date on which the lock-hospital
was established.
Act under which the rules are in force. Area over which the rules are in force. Estimated Native population within the over which they are in force. Average number of prostitutes on the register during 1879. Total monthly cost of establishment. Whether 1st or 2nd class lock-hospital.
  Rs. A . .  
1 Rangoon     19th May 1871 .. XXII. of 1864 (CantonmentRules)     22 square miles .. 99,827 467.09 398 8 0 1st class.
2 Bassein     11th February 1872 .. XIV. of 1868 .. .. Within municipal boundaries .. 22,041 25.4 148 8 0 2nd class.
3 Promo     1st June 1872 .. Ditto .. .. About nine square miles .. 31,157 15.6 124 8 0
4 Thayetmyo     1st June 1869 .. XXII. of 1864 (Cantonment Rules) 196 square miles .. 38,237 23.6 87 0 0
5 Henzacla*     14th February 1876 .. XIV. of 1868 .. .. 2.85 square miles .. 16,469 13. 85 0 0
6 Akyab     8th September 1871 .. Ditto .. .. Town under municipality .. 21,046 56.3 144 0 0
7 Moulmein     1st October 1871 .. Ditto .. .. 10 ½ square miles (town) .. 54,920 58. 166 8 0
8 Toungoo     19th June 1874 .. XXII. of 1864 (Cantonment Rules) Within four miles around the can-tonment 20,000 15.6 95 0 0

*The lock-hospital at this station was closed on the 9th April 1879.

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