Venereal disease in the army : prevalence, prevention / H.C. French.

  • French, H. C. (Herbert Cumming), 1860-1913.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: Venereal disease in the army : prevalence, prevention / H.C. French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The next shows that in 1894, as usual, the “secondary syphilis ” ratio of Madras was much higher than the ratios of the other presidencies:— SECONDARY SYPHILIS. Presidency. Admissions per Mille. 1881- 90 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 Bengal 33-9 60T 57-8 55T 54'5 06-4 Madras 38-2 91*0 74-4 73-8 85T 101-4 Bombay 32-6 ’ 59 9 52-3 50-3 60-7 74*5 The heading “ other venereal diseases ’’ does not appear in the statistics for the year 1894. The reason is, that medical officers having been warned by a circular from the Principal Medical Officer in India in 1893, now return all venereal diseases under primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, ulcer of the penis, or gonorrhoea. This must be remembered in comparing the ratios for the preceding years. The following tables are given to compare with the corres- ponding ones for European troopa BENGAL—NATIVE TROOPS. Admission ratio per 1000. Years. V enereal Diseases. Years. Venereal Diseases. 1861 63-6 1864 ... 49-4 1862 59-7 1865 5M 1863 ... 49*5 .1866 54-4