CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 599

the other hand there are those who. have contracted the diseave here and in whom the disease has not become

nvriosed until after they have left the

Colony.

Faking

the numbers read :-

1885 and 1886

the same.

years

ad

before

195

1888

4

1889

.200

1892

"

1893

301

With

regard

to the Police ad.

mitted with venereal complaints to

the Avil Hospital the increase is apparent =

1885 and 1886.

1888

&

1887.

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It must also be borne in mind

that the number of persons contracting

can fik honal

syphilis

hav

very

nunch

increased, this in my opinion is a direct result of the repeal of the Act.

I is only to be

to be expected that the

diverse must become more virubut

as the wormen fail to enbruit thansilves

to

to treatment.

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In the Annual Report of the Govern« ment Civic Hospital for 1891 I stated under the heading Venereal Diseases :- "Although le there is a diminution in the total number of cases under "treatment during 1891

"

+ " 1890, viz: 230 as

an

compared with against 266; on exam -

"ining table vf, it will be "there has been s

great

sear

that

in the

increase i

" number of caves of Primary

and

" Secondary Syphilis, the numbers being

"

" 94 as against 43 in 1890, an increase

of 148 per cent.

77

St. J. M. Atkinson,

Acting Colonial Surgeon.

I would add that

cover of

more

many venereal disease now occur

amongst what I might call the better.

class community. This is a

This is a difficult

and ticklish point.

on which to give

evidence, but this opinion is founded

+ These numbers include cases treated in the Hospital

of persons not included in the classes tabulated in the return.