The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the contagious diseases acts (1866-69), sessions of 1879 to 1882, inclusive : the minority report / as adopted by Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. [and others] ; with references to the evidence on which it is founded.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Acts (1866-69)
Date:
1882
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Credit: The Select Committee of the House of Commons on the contagious diseases acts (1866-69), sessions of 1879 to 1882, inclusive : the minority report / as adopted by Mr. Stansfeld, M.P. [and others] ; with references to the evidence on which it is founded. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tiou of the Acts, it appears that in the earlier period, the rate of reduction was greater in the afterwards subjected stations, but that in the latter period the average rate of diminution in the stations without the Acts has exceeded the average fall in the stations having the benefit of protection. Mr. Lawson's further Table showing the numbers Constantly A^) in hospital for gonorrhoea and sequelce, gives the following ratios for ^ three equal periods for comparison :— Periods. Average ratios per 1000. Subjected Stations. All Unsubjected Stations. 1861—66 1867—72 1873—78 Ratios. 10-44 6-83 3-83 Percentage of Diminution. 43-9 Ratios. 8-35 5-78 3-34 Percentage of Diminution. 30-S J,2-2 These figures also show that the relative rate of improvement effected since the complete operation of the Acts has been some- what greater in the unsubjected districts than in the subjected stations. The period of complete operation of the Acts thus manifests—in respect of gonorrhoea—a comparative disadvantage to the pro- tected stations. Moreover, in respect of the duration of cases of gonorrhoea, the App 1, Xo. 1 subjected stations compare unfavourably with the unsubjected and 3 class. The figures given in Mr. Lawson's Tables yield the following results on calculation:— Periods. Average duration of cases in Hospital. Subjected Stations. Unsubjected Stations. 1861—66 1867—72 1873—78 30-4 days. 21-7 „ 20-0 „ 28-1 days. 20-0 „ 16-6 „ Here, therefore, the rate of improvement in respect of duration of cases in the stations under the Acts is manifestly less in the period of complete operation than before, as well as aijsolutely less than in the free stations during the same period. The fact thus