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amongst the soldiers and the registered women. So that secondary results are, it appears,
by consensus of opinion, becoming rare in this province—a result in marked con-
trast with the record to be found at paragraph 18 of this year's report, wherein the
Medical Officer calls attention to the fact, that of 28 cases of disease contracted in
England and imported into India, 27 resulted in secondary syphilis—whereas, of
262 cases contracted at Meerut, not one resulted in that way. Of all the facts recor-
ded in this series of reports, there is not one that can compare with this for value.
NAINI TAL:
The 3rd May, 1884.
CHARLES PLANCK,
Depy. Surgeon-General,
Sanitary Commr., N. W. P. and Oudh.
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| Description | Reports cover 1877-1883. 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. Lively comments by staff appraise the lock hospital system and expose Imperial attitudes towards prostitutes. |
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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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