114 admissions for venereal disease from among the white troops and 4.7 admissions from the black troops, giving a percentage to the total of 29.92 in the former and 16.43 in the latter; but it is overlooked that 21... per cent of white troops and 214.68 per cent of black troops were admitted into Hospital for all diseases and that therefore the amount of venereal was comparatively small.
That venereal disease has been on the increase in spite of all that has hitherto been done to check it. This discovery; it has already been brought before the notice of His Excellency is a powerful argument in favor of additional legislation.
Dr. Hurdie's remarks on outdoor and unlicensed prostitution are only a repetition of those made before the Committee appointed to consider the proposed Ordinance, the result of which was embodied in the Report forwarded to His Excellency.
Since that Report was transmitted the Colonial Surgeon in company with the Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals visited several of the so-called purely Chinese Brothels and such visits have only...