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   Regimental checks.

      Regimental police and patrols have been used during the year, and to a limited
extent they act as checks, but, for reasons before mentioned,
have not been very useful. Women are only allowed on
"pass" into the barracks to sell food, &c., but outside the lines on the plain the women
appear to enjoy opportunities of cohabiting with the men, as the latter say they get
most of their disease from women who ply their trade in this locality.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

      1. Hospital accommodation is satisfactory.

      2. The native staff, especially the native doctor, is efficient.

      3.The admissions from venereal disease among the troops show an increase this
year over the previous one. Thus there were 91 in 1877, against 71 in 1876, or an
increase of 20 ; showing a ratio of admissions per 1,000 for 1877 of 126·6, against 89·4
in 1876.

      4. The causes of this increase have been spoken of in the body of the report—
unlicensed prostitution ; famine and its consequences ; ayahs ; want of attention of
police and regimental police, &c.

      5. The attendance of registered women is good, or an average of 90 out of 95
for the year.

      6. The number of unlicensed women apprehended was small, only 9, and but
3 convicted. This might be increased.

      7. Disease among the women is less, a ratio per 1,000 of admissions for 1877 of
1,538 to 1,730 the previous year.

      8. Secondary disease among men and women was almost absent, showing how
mild the disease was.

January, 1878.

G. R. TRIPHOOK, M. B., F. L. S.,                  
SURGEON, A. M. D.,               
In medical charge.         

Extract from proceedings of the Cantonment Committee assembled at 8 A.M. on the 2nd
February, 1878, at the Cantonment Magistrate's Office,

      1. The lock-hospital annual report is laid before the committee. Surgeon-
Major Wright, 18th Royal Infantry, senior medical officer, British forces, states as his
opinion that true syphilis has been stamped out at Bareilly, and that for the last
eight months not a single case of "inflicting sore" has been admitted into the 18th,
Royal Infantry hospital.

      Major Smithett, commanding K-5, R. A., remarks that his battery has now been
at Bareilly two months, that they brought four eases of gonorrhœa with them, and have
had no increase.

      The committee are fully persuaded of the good effect of the exertions of Surgeon
Triphook in the performance of his very important duties, and they consider it satisfac-
tory that although the number of cases of disease among the men has increased, the
number of cases among the women has decreased, and the type of the disease has
assumed a milder form.

      The Major-General commanding desires to take this opportunity of expressing
his opinion that it lies with the officers commanding European corps to keep down as
much as possible by regimental arrangements the connection of their men with
unlicensed women. At the same time the committee desire to record their opinion
that the greatest assistance can be rendored by the native police.

C.L PRENDERGAST, CAPT.,                           
Cantonment Magistrate.