Syphilis Primary 1415
"Consecutive 335
Ulcer Penis non Syphiliticum 2144
Bubo Simplex 844
Cachexia Syphilitica 44
Gonorrhœa 2449
Hernia Humoralis 714
Stricture Urethra 100
Phymosis and Paraphymosis 27
Total 8072

Ratio: 181 per 1000 men, or nearly one in five in the whole number.

These returns show that the venereal disease is of much more frequent occurrence in the British than in the Belgian army.

BRITISH NAVY.

The navy reports extend over a period of seven years, and include 21,493 men, employed on home service; that is to say, on the coasts or in the ports of Great Britain. Of this number, 2880 were attacked with venereal disease. Ratio: one in seven.

BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE.

The returns of the “Dreadnought,” hospital ship for seamen of all nations, extend over a period of five years, during which 13,081 patients, laboring under surgical and medical diseases, were admitted. Out of these, 3703 came under treatment for venereal affections, showing a ratio of two in seven.

As a mode of testing these returns, we turn to the analysis of the surgical out-patients of Messrs. Lloyd and Wormald, assistant surgeons of Saint Bartholomew’s, the largest of the London hospitals. These out-patients are attended gratuitously by the hospital officers:

Attended byVenereal Cases.
Men.Women
and
Children.		Total.
Mr. Lloyd10092451254
Mr. Wormald9862731259
Total19955182513

These cases were part of a total of 5327 general patients.