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STATEMENT No. I.—Showing the Area over which the Rules for the prevention of Venereal Disease have been in force and the Details of Expenditure on Lock-hospitals during the year 1885.
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| No. | Station . | Date on which the lock- hospital was established. |
Act under which the rules are in force. |
Area over which the rules are in force. |
Estimated Native population with- in the area over which they are in force. |
Average number of prostitutes on the register during 1885. |
Total monthly cost of establish- ment. |
Whether 1st or 2nd class lock- hospital. |
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| Rs. | A. | P. | ||||||||
| 1 | Rangoon | 19th May 1871 | III of 1880 | 102 square miles | 185,723 | 399.65 | 733 | 0 | 0 | 1st class. |
| 2 | Bassein | 11th February 1872 | XIV of 1868 | 14 ditto | 33,502 | 21.4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 2nd class. |
| 3 | Thayetmyo | 1st June 1869 | III of 1880 | Within seven miles around the cantonment. |
38,236 | 26.83 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Akyab | 8th September 1871 | XIV of 1868 | Town under Municipality | 33,989 | 41.23 | 121 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Toungoo | 19th June 1874 | III of 1880 | Within four miles around the cantonment. |
20,000 | 18.89 | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
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| Description | Reports cover 1873-1886. Describes conditions, staffing and expenditure of lock hospitals. Prostitute statistics show registration, attendance and punishment. Tables list instances of venereal disease (syphilis, gonorrhoea) in women and troops. Comments by military staff appraise the working of the lock hospital system. Library lacks 1874 and 1876. |
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| Description | 5 titles dating from 1873 to 1891. Describes the treatment and control of venereal disease applied to prostitutes and soldiers. This followed the Indian Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864 and 1868. Statistics and candid reports illustrate the civil and military lock hospital system. |
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