Note 655 — Chapter X · ABOLITION AND DISEASE
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The complete statistics taken from the Army Medical Reports are as follows:
Report for the Year Total number of Recruits Inspected Recruits rejected For Syphilis
Number Per 1,000
SLIGHT REGULATION
1866 20,410 338 16.56
1867 26,646 440 16.51
1868 23,543 303 12.88
1869 17,749 291 16.40
REGULATION AT ITS HEIGHT
1870 38,408 606 15.78
1871 36,212 593 16.38
1872 28,390 445 15.67
1873 24,895 411 16.51
1874 30,557 481 15.74
1875 25,878 327 12.63
1876 41,809 634 15.16
1877 43,803 680 15.52
1878 43,867 665 15.16
1879 42,668 573 13.43
1880 46,108 538 11.67
1881 47,444 593 12.50
1882 45,423 487 10.72
REGULATION SUSPENDED
1883 59,436 583 9.81
1884 66,882 707 10.57
1885 72,249 706 9.77
ABOLITION
1886 74,991 613 8.18
1887 60,976 494 8.10
1888 49,172 382 7.77
1889 53,904 358 6.64
1890 55,367 351 6.34
1891 61,322 300 4.9
1892 68,761 318 4.62
1893 64,110 314 4.90
1894 61,985 315 5.09
1895 55,698 194 3.48
1896 54,574 202 3.71
1897 59,986 208 3.47
1898 66,502 258 3.88
1899 68,087 182 2.67
1900 84,402 188 2.22
1901 76,750 177 2.31
1902 87,609 238 2.72
1903 69,533 211 3.03
1904 70,346 178 2.53
1905 66,703 156 2.34
1906 62,371 170 2.73
1907 59,393 107 1.80
1908 61,278 113 1.84
1909 50,208 89 1.77
1910 45,671 71 1.55
1911 48,178 89 1.85
From the foregoing table one must not infer that syphilis in the general population of Great Britain is rapidly decreasing, for it is impossible to say whether the recruits are fairly representative. See Johnstone, loc. cit., p. 8.