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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE

   10. Cost of Lock Hospital patients.

   11. Bangalore.—The total admissions for venereal diseases among British
Troops at this station were 532, against 498 for 1886, giving a ratio per mille of
strength of 257·50 for period of occupation in comparison with 313·40 for the
previous year. Of these, primary syphilis furnished 184, secondary syphilis 42,
gonorrhœa 239, while, in 1886, the admissions for these three diseases were
225, 60, and 213, respectively. The admissions for 1887 included 31 cases of ulcer
of penis of venereal origin. Cases of this disease were not included in the figures
for 1886. The total number of women admitted for venereal was 92 compared
with 61 for 1886.

   12. Bellary.—Out of an average annual strength of 927 men, there were 416
admissions, compared with 231 for the previous year, giving a ratio per 1,000 of
448·75 against 385·00 for 1886, The increase is again due to certain diseases not
having been included in the figures for 1886, which are here shown as venereal.

   The total admissions for venereal affections among prostitutes were 417
compared with 344 for the nine-and-a-half months the lock hospital was open in
1886. The Medical Officer reports that the women attended more regularly at the
periodical examinations, but that "registration of women has been defective."

   13. Belgaum.—The average annual strength of 788 men at this station
furnished 388 admissions for venereal, giving a ratio per 1,000 of strength of 492·38
compared with 277·77 for the previous year. Of these, 20 were due to primary
syphilis and 20 to secondary syphilis against 59 for primary syphilis and 11 for
secondary syphilis in 1886.

   14. Cannanore.—This station, out of an average annual strength of 155, gives
44 admissions for venereal diseases, only one of which was for primary and three for
secondary syphilis, compared with 88 admissions for 1886; from an average annual
strength of 284, 38 of these admissions being for primary and 11 for secondary
syphilis. Among the women, with an average strength of 32·73, there were only
18 admissions, 3 of which were for primary syphilis, compared with 52 admissions,
26 of which were for primary syphilis during the five-and-a-half monthst he Lock
Hospital was open in 1886.

   15. Kamptee.—The total admissions out of a strength of 879 British Troops
were 459 compared with 93 for the previous year from a strength of 847. The
increase here again is in great part due to certain diseases being included in
the figures for 1887 which were omitted in those for 1886. The admissions for
venereal diseases among the women were 61 compared with 16 for the previous
year. The Medical Officer reports that the women have been regular in attendance
at inspections, but that registration is slack—only 52 women being on the register
out of a population of 50,000.

   16. Secunderabad.—The average strength of British Troops at this station
was 2,846, and there have been 870 admissions for venereal affections, giving a
ratio per 1,000 of 305·69 compared with 201·62 for the previous year. There were
123 cases of primary and 83 of secondary syphilis against 75 primary and 48
secondary syphilis for 1886. The increase in cases of syphilis seems to have
been, in a great measure, due to the large proportion of young men in some of the