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No. 2.
Abstract of annual return of venereal diseases amongst the men of Her Majesty's 1-14th 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. |
| 724 | 287 | 261 | 396.4 | 360.4 | 5.5 | 7.8 | The regiment did not actually come up to Ránikhet till March, 1877. The averages have been taken as if the regiment had been here full twelve months. |
No. 3.
Abstract of venereal diseases amongst the men of Her Majesty's 1-14th 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 the march from plains. |
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| Primary syphilis | 129 | 22 | 151 | 178.1 | Nearly all the cases of secondary syphilis included in this return are the result of syphilis contracted out of Ránikhet. |
| Secondary ditto | 55 | 5 | 60 | 75.9 | |
| Gonorrhœa | 64 | 12 | 76 | 88.3 | |
| Balanitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epididynitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Phymosis.. | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Stricture of urethra | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 248 | 39 | 287 | 342.3 | |
Ránikhet, 1st January, 1878.
L. A. IRVING, SURGEON, A.M.D.,
In medical charge of Lock-Hospital.