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No. 2.
Abstract of annual return of venereal diseases amongst the men of Her Majesty's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Regiment, stationed at Ránikhet, from 1st January to 31st
December, 1877.
| Average strength for the year. |
Number of cases of venereal diseases for the year. |
Number of men ad- mitted for venereal diseases for the year. |
Proportion of cases to strength per 1,000. |
Proportion of men admitted to strength per 1,000. |
Average number of cases remaining at the end of each week. |
Proportion of cases remaining at the end of each week. |
Remarks. |
| 378 | 133 | 107 | 351.8 | 283.0 | 2.5 | 6.6 |
No. 3.
Abstract of venereal diseases amongst the men of Her Majesty's 2nd Battalion, 22nd Regiment, showing where the disease was contracted, for the year 1877.
| Diseases. | Probably contracted at | Total admissions. | Ratio per 1,000 of diseases contracted at Ránikhet. |
Remarks. | |
| Ránikhet. | On march from plains. | ||||
| Primary syphilis | 50 | ... | 50 | 132.2 | |
| Secondary do. | 26 | ... | 26 | 68.7 | |
| Gonorrhœa | 52 | ... | 52 | 137.5 | |
| Balauitis | 3 | ... | 3 | 7.9 | |
| Epididynitis | 2 | ... | 2 | 5.2 | |
| Phymosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Stricture of urethra | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Gleet | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 133 | ... | 133 | 351.5 | |
Ránikhet, 1st January 1878.
L. A. IRVING, SURGEON, A.M.D.,
In medical charge of Lock-Hospital.