Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866 : with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidences, and appendix.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866.
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1871
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    Die Veneris, 29° Mail, 1868. LORDS PRESENT: Duke of Somerset. Earl of Devon. Earl Nelson. Earl De Grey. Viscount Lifford. Viscount Templetown. Lord Silchester. Lord Penrhyn. The Viscount Lifford in the Chair. Order of Adjournment read. The Proceedings of the Committee of Tuesday last are read. The following Witnesses are called in, and examined (vide the Evidence); viz., Mr. William G. Domaine, c.b., Mr. Thomas Woollcomhe, Mr. Frederick C. Skey, f.r.s., Mr. James Paget, f.r.s., and Mr. John Wyatt. Ordered, That the Committee be adjourned till Friday, the 12th of June next. One o’clock. Die Veneris, 120 Junii, 1868. LORDS PRESENT: Earl of Devon. Earl Nelson. Earl De Grey. Viscount Lifford. Viscount Sidmouth. Viscount Templetown. Lord Clandeboye. Lord Penrhyn. The Viscount Lifford in the Chair. Order of Adjournment read. Order of the House of Tuesday last, referring to the Committee the “ Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the pathology and treatment of Venereal Disease, with the view to diminish its injurious effects on the men of the Army and Navy, with Appendices and Evidence,” read. The Proceedings of the Committee on Friday, the 29th of May last, are read. The following Witnesses are called in, and examined (vide the Evidence); viz., Captain William Charles Harris, Mr. William Stewart Trench, m.d., Rev. Joseph G. Bailey, M.A., Mr. John Brendon Curgenven, Mr. Berkeley Hill, m.b., and Mr. William Acton, m.r.c.s. Ordered, That the Committee be adjourned till Tuesday next, half past Two o’clock. Die Martis, 16° Junii, 1868. lords present: Earl of Devon. Viscount Lifford. Viscount Sidmouth. Viscount Templetown. Lord Clandeboye. Lord Penrhyn. The Viscount Lifford in the Chair. Order of Adjournment read. Order of the House of Friday last, referring to the Committee a Petition of Inhabitants of Northampton for the extension of the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, read. The Proceedings of the Committee of Friday last are read. The following Witnesses are called in, and examined (vide the Evidence); viz., Mr. William Townley Mitford, m.p., Sir William Jenner, Bait., f.r.s., and Mr. Prescott G. Hewett, f.r.s. Ordered, That the Committee be adjourned till Tuesday next, Two o’clock.
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