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Form IV.—Annual Return of the Lock-Hospital at Benares from 1st January to 31st December, 1877.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
  Number of registered prostitutes. Average number
on the register in
each month for
the year.
Average number of
prostitutes attend-
ing the periodical
examinations.
Number reported
to cantonment ma-
gistrate or other
civil authority for
non-attendance.
Number of prosti-
tutes found diseased
at examination
and detained for treatment.
RECORDED DISEASES. Average number of
prostitutes in hos-
pital for each
month and the
year.
Diseases. Remained. Admitted. Total. Discharged. Died. Remaining. Total.
The area over which the rules for the prevention in force included miles. Number remaining on the register
at the end of last year.
74 January 72 January 43 5 January 1 January 19 Primary syphilis 12 70 82 71 ... 11 82 January 23.4
February 73 February 52 0 February 5 February 10 Secondary do. 1 5 6 6 ... ... 6 February 17.3
  March 76.5 March 55.0 March 3 March 29 Gonorrhœa 6 76 82 82 ... ... 82 March 15.0
Number added to the register dur-
ing the year.
46 April 78 April 51.5 April 1 April 23 Bubo, gonorrhœal 1 ... 1 1 ... ... 1 April 19.2
  May 70 May 57.0 May 4 May 15 Abscess of labium ... 4 4 4 ... ... 4 May 15.4
    June 76.5 June 58.0 June 5 June 8 Leucorrhœa ... 12 12 7 ... 5 12 June 11.1
Total ... 120 July 76 July 54.5 July 11 July 18 Ulcer of os ... 2 2 1 ... 1 2 July 10.8
    August 66 August 47.0 August 7 August 5 Under observation ... 2 2 2 ... ... 2 August 15.5
Number who removed their names
from the register, died, or ab-
sconded during- the year.
55 September 67 September 49.0 September 6 September 2                 September 9.8
October 64 October 51.0 October 5 October 10                 October 7.7
65 November 64 November 42.5 November 3 November 4                 November 16.6
Number remaining on 31st Decem-
ber, 1877.
December 65 December 45.0 December 7 December 24                 December 14.0
Total... 120 Average for the year. 71.4 Average for the year. 50.5 Total for the year. 56 Total for the year. 167 Total 20 171 191 174 ... 17 191 Average for the year. 14.6

C. C. DEMPSTER, SURGEON-MAJOR, A.M.D.,   
In charge of Lock-Hospital.

Benares the 1st January, 1878.