Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City.

  • Egypt. Cairo City Health Inspectorate.
Date:
[1928]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Cairo City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    V.—SANITARY CONTROL OF PUBLIC WOMEN. i (a) Native Examination Rooms. I1 ; The total number of native prostitutes on the register during 1928 was 727 as compared with 810 in 1927 and 920 in 1926. There were 86 new names during the year in comparison with 65 in 1927 and 208 in 1926. 166 were struck off the registers during the year leaving 561 names at the end of the year. The total number of examinations made during the year was 19,517 giving the average I of 26’8 examinations per woman as compared with 28T in 1927 and 27-7 in 1926. Bab el Sha'ria.-—The number of women registered in this District was 441. There were 134 names removed from the registers during the year leaving 307 at the end of the year. The number of examinations held was 11,579 making an average of 26-3 examinations i per woman. I Ezbekiya.—From this District 286 women were registered 32 of whom were struck off during the year leaving 254 names: The number of examinations carried out was 7,938 giving an average of 27'0 per woman. See Table XXVIII.