words in 1894 more than hoice the number of war contracted this discove than in 1886.
The Aavol reheres have not
been sent to the Medical Department
suice 1890, it will be seen.
that taking to the repeal and
the hoo years prior to the
the hoo
of
years subsequent, the number
men admitted to the Anival Hospital auffering from Venereal Diseases was:-
1885 and 1886
1888
435
#
1889
#
573
With the
more mother,
follows:-
Military the increase is
-urhed, the numbers being so
1885 and 1886
378
1888
"
1889
1892
1893
1179
I have included 1892 and 1893
they
are the last two
in which
years giver.
complete rehous were
From Hiis it will be seen that. ai 1892 and 1893 more than four
leines
X
tuires the number of soldiers were dis served than in 1885 and 1886, though
the percentages when worked out shis 1.4 for 1885 and 1886 and only 2.78 for 1888 and 1889 and 2.28 for 1892
and 1893.
595
With regard to the patients in
the Civil Hospital it is more diffrent.
to draw absolute deductions. Iu the
Annual Report of the Governmast Givil Hospital for 1889 I stated :-
"Venereal Siveaves. There has been " a marked increase in this class of "diseases the numbers being 206 as "against 118 in the previous year.
4
" Although many of these snoes
"have been inproduced into the
* Cocony from other Ports, I have
"no reason to believe that this has
" been more so than in the previous "year"
have
Although many may contracted the divsave washere, on
the
* These number include cases in the Hospital of persons not included in the classes tabulated in
the returns.