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ANNUAL REPORT ON THE
Extract from the Annual Medical Report of the Lock Hospital, Kamptee,
by Surgeon-Major B. T. SUFFREIN.
| Strength of Prostitutes. | ||||
| Remained on the register on the 31st December 1876 | ... | 65 | ||
| Registered during the year | ... | 28 | ||
| Total | ... | 93 | ||
| Number who have removed their names or absconded Died unregistered prostitutes |
... | 19 | ||
| Number of Sick. | ||||
| Remained on the 31st December 1876 | ... | 8 | ||
| Admitted during the year | ... | 157 | ||
| Recovered | ... | 154 | ||
| Remaining in hospital on 31st December 1877 | ... | 11 | ||
| Daily average number of sick | ... | 11.47 | ||
| Average number of days in hospital | ... | 27.12 | ||
| RS. | A. | P. | ||
| Average cost of each patient dieted in hospital | ... | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Average cost of each patient for contingencies | ... | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| British Troops. | ||||
| Average strength during the year | ... | 835.91 | ||
| Number of venereal sick remained on the 31st December 1876 | ... | 8 | ||
| Number of venereal admissions into hospital during the year | ... | 175 | ||
| Remaining in hospital on 31st December 1877 | ... | 13 | ||
| Ratio of admissions per mille of strength | ... | 209 | ||
The prescribed weekly and monthly returns, showing the admissions among European
soldiers, have been regularly furnished by the senior Medical Officer, British Troops, and the
following tabular statement has been compiled from these returns:—
Statement showing the extent of Venereal Diseases among the European Troops in the Cantonment of
Kamptee during the year 1877.
| Regiment. | Period of Occupation. |
Average Strength during Period of Occupation. |
Number of Admissions from Venereal Diseases during Period of Occupation. |
Ratio of Admis- sions per 1,000 of Strength for Period of Occu- pation. |
|
| Her Majesty's 33rd Regi- ment. |
From 1st Jan. to 31st Dec. 1877. |
567 | Primary syphilis | 45 | 252.20 |
| Gonorrhœa | 82 | ||||
| Phymosis | ... | ||||
| Stricture | 3 | ||||
| Warts | 5 | ||||
| Orchitis, gonorrhœa | 3 | ||||
| Secondary syphilis | 5 | ||||
| Total | 143 | ||||
| Deduct cases contracted at other places |
6 | ||||
| Balance number of cases contract- ed at Kamptee |
137 | ||||
| Royal Artillery, Nagpore Force. |
Do. | 260 | Primary syphilis | 3 | 173.07 |
| Gonorrhœa | 37 | ||||
| Phymosis | ... | ||||
| Stricture | 3 | ||||
| Warts | ... | ||||
| Orchitis, gonorrhœa | ... | ||||
| Secondary syphilis | 2 | ||||
| Total | 45 | ||||
| Deduct cases contracted at other places |
... | >||||
| Balance number of cases contract- ed at Kamptee |
45 | ||||
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| Description | Reports cover 1877-1889. 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. |
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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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