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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE

    5. Statistics of sickness amongst the women.—The following table shows the
numbers treated, the average daily sick, and the average stay in hospital during the
past five years:—

    This table cannot be considered comparative as the statistics of the Lock
Hospitals at Bellary and Cannanore are for only portions of the years 1885 and
1886, and those of the Belgaum Hospital are included in the figures of 1886 only.
If these institutions be excluded for both years, then we have for the year 1886,
number treated, including "remained," 1,722; average daily sick 115.02; and
average stay in hospital 24.38; against 1,709, 104.33 and 22.28, respectively, in
1885, or an increase during 1886 of 13 in total treated, and an increase of 10.69 in
average daily sick, and of 2.10 of average number of days in hospital of each case.

    6. Admissions of women for primary syphilis.—The statistics of the past five
years are given in the following statement:—

    The increase generally during 1886 over 1885 is again due to the fact that the
hospitals at Bellary and Cannanore were longer in operation during the former
year, and to the statistics of the Belgaum hospital being included in its returns.
By excluding these three institutions, the admissions during 1886 for primary
syphilis were 417, and the total admissions for all diseases 1,607, and the ratio of
cases of primary syphilis per 1,000 of total admissions 259.48 against 416, 1,602
and 259.67, respectively, in 1885.

    7. Relation of admissions for primary syphilis amongst European troops to the
admissions for the same disease in Lock Hospitals.

    The admissions into Lock Hospitals are again influenced by the statistics of
these institutions at Bellary, Belgaum and Cannanore, and those amongst British
Troops partly by the inclusion of the troops serving in Belgaum, but chiefly by the
fact that certain diseases, which were formerly classed as primary syphilis, are no
longer included under this head.