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STATEMENT No. II—Showing the Operation of the Rules for the Prevention of Venereal Disease in the stations of British Burma during the year 1885.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| No. | Stations. | Number of prostitutes remaining at close of 1884. |
Number of prostitutes added to the register during 1885. |
Total number of prostitutes on the register during 1885. |
Number of prostitutes who remov- ed their names, died, absconded, &c., in 1885. |
Number of prostitutes remaining on the 31st December 1885. |
Average number of prostitutes on the register in 1885. |
Average number of prostitutes at- tending periodical examination in 1885. |
Number of prostitutes reported for non-attendance at examinations in 1885. |
Number of prostitutes found dis- eased and detained for treatment in 1885. |
Average daily number of prostitutes in hospital in 1885. |
| 1 | Rangoon | 363 | 219 | 582 | 190 | 392 | 399.65 | 285.29 | 318 | 751 | 72.00 |
| 2 | Bassein | 23 | 19 | 42 | 17 | 25 | 21.4 | 20.3 | 3 | 24 | 1.6 |
| 3 | Thayetmyo | 28 | 20 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 26.83 | 23.08 | 53 | 41 | 3.91 |
| 4 | Akyab | 41 | 21 | 62 | 21 | 41 | 41.23 | 40.89 | 17 | 60 | 3.45 |
| 5 | Toungoo | 18 | 24 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 18.89 | 15.95 | 36 | 15 | .79 |
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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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| Description | The Institutions collection consists of 106 volumes from British India, dating from the 1860's to the 1940's. Divided into reports on medical institutions, army health, and lock hospitals. Education of indigenous medical students and maintenance of troop health shown in annual reports and statistical tables. |
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