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tion for a time in hospital, these women have been found free from disease ; and
the dates of admission to hospital of men and registered women have not tallied par-
ticularly as regards cases of syphilis.

   Formerly it was the practice to detain the registered women in hospital during
their period of menstruation. This practice was discontinued during the year, under the
express orders of the General of the Division.

   The Medical Officer regrets the discontinuance of the practice in question, because
it conduced to the more certain detection of disease, if existing, in any woman, and
because a menstruating woman sometimes communicates gonorrhœa to men.

   The registered women have been well managed during the year.

   The sub-committee assembled regularly during the year.

   A special police, formed of men recently cured of venereal disease, was established
in August, 1878. Their duties are to prevent men frequenting villages outside the
cantonment limits.

   A total of 44 unlicensed prostitutes were arrested during the year, and of these
14 were found diseased.

   The attendance of the women for examination during the year has been fair.
They were examined weekly. The hospital assistant was energetic in the perform-
ance of his duties.

   The Medical Officer still remains of opinion that all public prostitutes should be
registered and subject to examination.

   It is generally admitted that lock hospital management has greatly benefited
the registered women, and these benefits might with great advantage be extended to
all prostitutes.

   He thinks that a soldier who unjustly charges a registered woman with being
the cause of his disease, should be punished severely.

   The soldiers by their preference for unlicensed women, frustrate the efforts and
expenses of Government made for the prevention of venereal disease.

   The order preventing access to the canteen for fourteen days after discharge from
hospital, of a venereal patient, has been effectual for good, especially in preventing
relapses of disease.

   43. The General Commanding the Division, after calling for the opinion of the
Deputy Surgeon-General, rescinded the order previously issued, and granted a return
to the previous practice of detaining menstruating women in hospital.

   44. The Commissioner of the Division forwards the report with the expression
of opinion that the management has been satisfactory. The chief cause of disease was
the prostitution of unregistered women, and provision should be made for the punish-
ment of all such prostitutes practising with soldiers outside cantonments.

(8).—BENARES.

   45. During the year 1879 a monthly average of 75 women remained on the
register against 66 in 1878.

   46. The results of the management have been very unsatisfactory. The ratios
of admissions to hospital for venereal disease amongst the European garrison for the
six years, 1874-79, have been 370, 341, 479, 479, 333, and 470 per 1,000 of strength
respectively.

   47. The Medical Officer reports that the lock hospital accommodation is amply
sufficient. Amongst the registered women syphilis was much less prevalent in 1879
than in 1878, and the cases of this disease seen in 1879 were mild in character amongst