COPY OF CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM -----------------+------------------------------------------------------ Number and Date | PURPORT. of Circular. | -----------------+------------------------------------------------------ | No. 35, dated | II. The improvement of the conditions under which 8th May 1876 | the women ply their trade, such as greater --_contd._ | privacy, facilities for ablution, &c. &c. | | III. The kind treatment of the women and every | reasonable inducement being held out to them | to attend the Lock Hospital when suffering | from disease. | | 4. Commanding Officers of regiments and batteries | are to report at once to the General Officer | Commanding, when any increase of venereal disease | occurs amongst their men. Such reports to show the | supposed causes of the increase, and the measures | adopted for its suppression, and after remark by | the Deputy Surgeon General to be forwarded to the | Quartermaster General's Office. | | 5. The Lock Hospital Sub-Committee are to be | assembled at least once a month, and their reports | forwarded to General Officers Commanding. | | 6. It is considered that a Careful attention to these | points will contribute considerably towards checking | the spread of venereal disease, and His Excellency | hopes that no effort will be spared by either | Regimental, Medical, or Local authorities to ensure | more satisfactory results than have hitherto been | obtained. | No. 67, dated | The annual reports on the working of Lock Hospitals 19th August | during the year 1875, show that much venereal 1876. | disease was contracted when on the line of march; | Commanding Officers' attention should therefore be | called to Circular No. 43 of 1870, and to the | Medical Regulations which direct the Medical | examination for venereal disease of every unmarried | soldier on the day of his arrival at a new station | from the line of march; and the effective inspection | of the prostitutes accompanying the regimental | bazars. | No. 11, dated | As it would appear that the great increase which 28th February | prevails in a regiment on the line of march is 1878.