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        3. Among British troops venereal disease was confined to the 1-6th Regiment.
Thirty were admitted, of whom six contracted the disease at Delhi. The weekly
returns have been received regularly, and a general statement prepared from them is
annexed.

        4. A cantonment sub-committee has existed throughout the year, composed of
the officer commanding the 6th Regiment, the senior medical officer, British forces,
and the cantonment magistrate.

        5. Regimental police exercise some control over prostitution, and prevent unre-
gistered women from entering their lines.

        6. Registration extends to those women who are known to admit Europeans,
and is in force for five miles round cantonments. There is no appreciable difference
in the number registered as compared with last year.

        7. No registration fees have been levied.

        8. The women have been remarkably regular at the periodical examinations.
One failed to attend on one occasion, and was fined one rupee.

        9. The registered women of the city and cantonment are examined and treated
in the lock-hospital by the medical officer in charge.

        10. Referring to statement No. II., the number of admissions among the women
is 23, against 11 last year. This is due to the admission of cases of leucorrhœa
and skin affections, which were treated outside last year. Nine-tenths of the vene-
real among the women was syphilis, whereas nearly three-fourths of that among the
troops was gonorrhœa. Probably, therefore, the cases among the troops were not
often derived from registered women. Of the 23 admissions among the women, 13
were for diseases not venereal, but none were detained during their monthly illness.

        11. One dhai has been regularly employed, and is most useful both in assisting
at the weekly examinations and in inspecting the homes of such prostitutes as are not
under the charge of a 'maildar.'

        12. The women show no reluctance to being examined, and though they greatly
dislike being kept in hospital, they are always submissive, quiet, and orderly. The
rules appear to be sufficient as regards the registered women, giving ample power to
restrain them; but they do not altogether check irregular prostitution.

           ROORKEE :
The 24th January, 1878.

R. BLOOD, M.D., SURGEON, A.M.D.,
In medical charge of Lock-Hospital.

Statement showing the extent of various forms of venereal disease among the European
troops in the cantonment of Roorkee during the year 1877.