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    The following table shows the extent of venereal disease the registered pros-
titutes suffered during the last three years :—

    From the records of the dispensary it is seen that men that sought relief for
venereal affections generally suffered from gonorrhœa or soft chancre. Where
secondary syphilis was met with, the sufferers always confessed that they contract-
ed the primary in some other town.

    It is also seen that out of the 115 admissions from venereal disease amongst
the British troops, only five cases of secondary syphilis were admitted, and in
every case the primary was contracted at Madras.

    No women are admitted in the lock-hospital for non-venereal affections, nor
are the registered prostitutes detained during their menstruation.

XI.—How far dhaies are employed and with what success.

    No dhaies are employed.

XII.—Any information on other matters or suggestions for the improvement of the rules.

    I can only suggest the strict enforcement of the Act and employment of
proper police agency for supervision during the year. There were several escapes
from the lock-hospital, and they were all reported to the Cantonment Magistrate
and through him to the police, and though several of them lived secretly in the
town not one was apprehended. In two instances prostitutes who absconded for
a fortnight returned themselves, and said that they were in their houses, and no
policeman ever came to enquire about them.