Fourth report on the operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts : with comments on the report of the Royal Commission and extracts from the published evidence with appendix / Association for Promoting the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
- Date:
- 1872
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Fourth report on the operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts : with comments on the report of the Royal Commission and extracts from the published evidence with appendix / Association for Promoting the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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- Found on image 3 / 54…autions against oppression Instructions to police constables .. Instructions to visiting surgeons .. Enfounded allegations of oppression Case of Mary Hagar Unanimous opinion of the Commission that the charges against the police are unfounded 30—37 31 31 32 33 33 36 PREVALENCE OE “ CONTAGIOUS DISEASES,” A...
- Found on image 31 / 54 (page 33)…mplaint was made by Mrs. Josephine Butler, the wife of a clergyman in Liverpool, as to gross oppression having been practised in the case of the girl Hagar ? Yes. “4,151. The inquiry resulted in the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, that there was no ground for the statement which Mrs. Butler had b...
- Found on image 31 / 54 (page 33)…, sent out on an errand, had been taken by the police to the examination room, had been there ex- D Unfounded allegations of oppression. Case of Mary Hagar. Mr. Sloggett’s evidence. HagarfMa'ry amined by the Visiting Surgeon, and then sent to hospital; and that this girl having applied for permission to c...
- Found on image 32 / 54 (page 34)…n taken by the police to the examination room, had been there ex- D Unfounded allegations of oppression. Case of Mary Hagar. Mr. Sloggett’s evidence. HagarfMa'ry amined by the Visiting Surgeon, and then sent to hospital; and that this girl having applied for permission to communicate with her friends had been ...
- Found on image 32 / 54 (page 34)…ght,’ which is a low public-house in Canterbury, a notorious brothel; I saw the landlady, and asked her opinion in reference to the character of Mary Hagar, and her . reply was 4 What, Sir ? she is the same as all the other girls who come here ; she lived in my house for some time, and I knew very well sh...
- Found on image 33 / 54 (page 35)…carrying these Acts into execution, and you addressed a letter to the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the case of a girl of the name ot Hagar ?—I have some recollection of it. I took no notes at all. I remember the letter perfectly, I recollect the girl and her mother calling on me. I state...
- Found on image 33 / 54 (page 35)… an inquiry to be instituted. That inquiry was undertaken by the Inspector of Certified Hospitals, the official whose duty it was to D 2 Case of Mary Hagar, Mrs. Butler’s evidence respecting- Mary Hagar, 3G Signatures to petitions obtained by false stories of oppression. Unanimous opinion of the Commissio...
- Found on image 33 / 54 (page 35)…undertaken by the Inspector of Certified Hospitals, the official whose duty it was to D 2 Case of Mary Hagar, Mrs. Butler’s evidence respecting- Mary Hagar, 3G Signatures to petitions obtained by false stories of oppression. Unanimous opinion of the Commission that charges against the police are unfounded...
- Found on image 34 / 54 (page 36)…the evidence on which Mr. Sloggett reported to the Secretary of State, you are still disposed to believe the woman and the girl ?—I am.” The cases of Hagar and others have been frequently referred to by Mrs. Butler in her speeches at public meetings. Such are the tales which have been circulated all over...
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