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Statement showing the extent of various forms of venereal disease among the European
troops in the cantonment of Allah-bad during the year 1877.
| Regiment. | Period of occu- pation. |
Average strength during the period of occupa- tion. |
Number of admissions from vene- real disease during the period of occupation. |
Ratio ad- missions per 1,000 of strength for period of occupation. |
|
| E. -4th, Royal Artillery, late E.-11th, Royal Ar- tillery. |
1st January to 31st October, 1877. 10 months. |
148.10 | Primary syphilis | 11 | 74.28 |
| Gonorrhœa | 19 | 128.29 | |||
| Total | 30 | 202.59 | |||
| Deduct- | |||||
| Cases contracted at other places. |
... | ... | |||
| Balance number of cases contracted at Allahabad. |
30 | 202.59 | |||
| 7-11th, Royal Artillery, late 3-21st, Royal Artil- lery. |
1st January to 31st Decem- ber, 1877. 12 months. |
77.63 | Primary syphilis | 9 | 115.94 |
| Gonorrhœa | 10 | 128.82 | |||
| Total | 19 | 244.76 | |||
| Deduct- | |||||
| Cases contracted at other places |
... | ||||
| Balance number of cases contracted at Allahabad |
19 | 244.76 | |||
| 1st battalion, 5th Fusi-liers. | Ditto. | 563.91 | Primary syphilis | 34 | 60.29 |
| Gonorrhœa | 56 | 99.30 | |||
| Total | 90 | 159.59 | |||
| Deduct- | |||||
| Cases contracted at other places. | ... | ||||
| Balance number of cases contracted at Allahabad. |
90 | 159.59 | |||
| Detachment 1st battalion, 5th Fusiliers fort, Alla- habad. |
Ditto. | 133.29 | Primary syphilis | 9 | 67.53 |
| Gonorrhœa | 23 | 172.56 | |||
| Total | 32 | 240.09 | |||
| Deduct- | |||||
| Cases contracted at other places. |
... | ||||
| Balance number of cases contracted at Allahabad. |
32 | 240.09 | |||
| Total | 171 | ... | |||
T. J. QUIN, CAPT.,
Offg. Secy., Cantt. Committee.
Allahabad, 5th January, 1878.
W. ASHTON, M.B., SURGEON-MAJOR,
In medical charge of Lock-Hospital.