Note by the Chairman of the Committee (the Hon. Walford Astor, M.P.) to the Minister of Health on prophylaxis against venereal disease.

  • Great Britain. Inter-Departmental Committee on Infectious Diseases in Connection with Demobilisation.
Date:
1919
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Credit: Note by the Chairman of the Committee (the Hon. Walford Astor, M.P.) to the Minister of Health on prophylaxis against venereal disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (d) If, therefore, to the number of admissions in (a) and (6b), the number of cures by the abortive methods, shown in (c) be added, the total known venereal ¢) incidence for the periods in question is obtained. This total is as follows :— Incidence of V.D. Average ; Total Incidence of Period, Three Months, Strength |Admissions to Hospital. V.D. per 1,000 ended Cures by Nas ICA DG* oMerser tse aa nae ge dee ata per Annum. ee ortive Total. U.K. France. Method. 30th September 1917 - | 180,848 | 2,600 | 3,003 | 1,371 6,974 154 3lst December 1917 - 176,378 2,470 2,054 1,000 5,524 125 3lst March 1918 - : 175,317 2,457 2,353 if Rs 5,923 13D 30th June 1918 - 4 168,205 1,638 1,742 1,564 4,944 118 30th September 1918 - | — 160,71] 1,703 1,508 1,692 4,903 122 — 3lst December 1918 - 147,796 1,976 | 1,495 1,081 4,552 123 TABLE D. British Army. Returns for Venereal Diseaset per 1000 per annum among troops in the United Kingdom from 1870 to 1913 are as follows :— . 1870 - 201-0 1892 - : - 201-2 1871 - . - \201-5 1893 =a ae - 194-6 | 1872 : - - 202-2 1894 . - - 182-4 1873 . - - 167-6 1895 - . - 173-8 Contagious | 1874 - . - 145-7 1896 : : - 158-3 Diseases | 1875 - . - 139-4 1897 - - <1 50 Acts 1876 - : se LAO OT 1898 - - = 132-9 in force. 1877 - . - 1538-2 1899 - - - 122-4 1878 - - ee by fs ae) 1900 . - - 93-2 1879 . - eee Ou Contagious | 1901 - - - 105-4 1880 - - - 245-9 Diseases 1902 - - - 122-7 1881 - - - 245-5 Acts 1903 - - - 125-0 1882 - - - 246-0 abolished. 1904 : - “> hOeG Contagious are . - - 260-0 1905 - - - 90-5 Diseases Acts< 1884 - - - A 270+7 1906 . - - 81-8 suspended. a8 - - - 275-4 1907 - - - 72-0 1886 - = - 7) 267-1 1908 : - : 68-0 Contagious | 1887 - - - 252-9 1909 . - - 66-0 Diseases 1888 : - - »” 224°5 1910 - - - 65-0 Acts 1889 - - <3 pl Dem 1911 - . - 60-5 abolished. 1890 - - - 212-4 1912 - - - 56-4 1891 - - - 197-4 1913 = Liaw - 50:9. TABLE E. Rates of Venereal Disease} per 1,000 per Annum for certain Areas. | | | Year. | United Kingdom. Aldershot. London. 1885 2754 321-7 339-4 1886 267-1 301-1 , 259-8 1897 139-7 130-0 165-2 1898 132-7 115-2 160-5 1899 122-4 96-2 150-2 1900 93:2 84-4 132-2 1901 105-4 69-8 121-1 1902 122-7 86-0 179-1 1903 125-0 119-7 165-4 1904 107-6 79-1 165-2 1905 90-5 19-9 176-5 i f * It will be noted that the Australian figures for troops in France (which are included in this column) show a V.D. rate lower than that obtaining in England. Figures showing the V.D. incidence among Canadian and Imperial troops in France are not available (and therefore cannot be included in ~ Tables A. and F.), but it is understood that they show a considerably lower incidence than that among these troops in the United Kingdom. } See second footnote, page 2. | Krom October 1873 to November 1879 soldiers forfeited pay whilst under treatment for Venereal Disease. The low rates during this period are probably due to concealment of disease.
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