THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1871.
Appendix D.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.
RETURN for the Year 1870.
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DISEASE.
Primary Syphilis, uncomplicated,
Gonorrhea and P. Syphilis, combined,
Gonorrhea,
P. and Secondary
ditto,
do., do.,
do.,
Gonorrhea, and S. do.,
Primary and Secondary Syphilis and Gonorrhoea, Secondary Syphilis, uncomplicated, Syphilitic Orchitis,
ditto,
TOTAL,
+
MILITARY Hos-
PITAL.
NAVAL HOS- PITAL.
POLICE HOs-
PITAL.
MERCHANT SEA-
MEN AND CIVIL HOSPITALS.
80
16
87
36
26
888-♡:
88.
3
2
15
6
77
213
84
274
£8 :-* :* :
17
60
105
25
30
13
3
3
Appendix E.
H. M.'s HOSPITAL SHIP Melville,
HONGKONG, December 28th, 1870.
My Dear Sir,-As you are about to leave this Colony for a time, I would beg to address a few words to you on the sub- jeet of the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, carried out under your inspection. During the years 1849-50 and 1551, I was Surgeon of the Reynard, Sloop of War on the China Station, and though unfortunately I am not in possession of ay Journal for that vessel, I have a vivid remembrance of the sufferings of the crew from syphilitic disease in Hongkong. On eiser occasion when the men had leave on shore, a large proportion of them became affected with the disease, which showed itself in the form both of hard Chancre, and large Phagaedenic sores. Secondary symptoms were also of frequent occurrence, often requiring the patients to be invalided and sent home. The altered state of things at the present time is very striking. During the year and nine months that I have had charge of this Hospital, I have not seen a case of regular Hunterian Chancre contracted in Hongkong, and only a few soft sores which healed readily. Judging from my own experience, I should say that Syphilis has all but disappeared from the Colony, and I have no hesitation moreover in attributing this success to your particular method of examination, which I have repeatedly witnessed. The instruments used by you are admirably adapted A bringing into view the parts, including the O; and Cervix Uteri, very quieldy, thoroughly and without the least pain to the female. Could a similar system of examination be established in the Treaty Ports of China and Japan, a great boon would indeed be conferred on the Naval Squadron serving in these waters.
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Believe me to be, Dear Sir,
Sincerely Yours,
DR. MURRAY.
Colonial Surgeon, Hongkong.
Appendix F.
(Signed,)
ROBERT POTTINGER.
Statistics of Venereal in II. M.'s 75th Regiment from 21st December, 1868, til? 21st December, 1870.
1. Average Strength during the above-named period, 428.5.
Hongkong, 21st December, 1870.
2. Different forms of Venereal and the number of cases of each between the above-named dates :--
Chancre, Hard. Chancre, Soft.
Secondary Syphilis.
Gonorrhea.
Total.
5
12
10
39
G6
The forms of Secondaries were very mild, amenable to treatment, and left no sign of permanent injury. The above figures speak for themselves, and show the great gain which the enforcement of the Contagious Diseases Act as been to the Government in preserving the health of the men of the Regiment, and I may add that during an experience of 6 years as an Army Medical Officer in all climates, I have not seen a similar inmunity. To me it is the more striking as I cau cok back on the prevalence, and terrible severity of the disease which existed in this Colony in 1857, when “Hongkong isease," was a well known bye-word. At times for an entire month there has not been a man reported as suffering, from any orm of Venereal, thus attesting the thorough manner in which the duties in connection with the Contagious Diseases Act ave been carried out, and the efficacy of legislation against this " those ever shifting population, native and foreign, must render success unusually difficult.
scourge of humanity" seen in a Colony like Hongkong
(Signed,)
W. RAMSAY, F. R. C. S. L.,
Surgeon, 75th Regiment.