Report from the Select Committee on Contagious Diseases Acts, together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix, 1882.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Contagious Diseases Acts.

Date:: 1882

Credit: Report from the Select Committee on Contagious Diseases Acts, together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix, 1882. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Report, 1882—continued. Sexual Intercourse—continued. vice by the present system, Ferguson 5638-5641. 5646-5653. 5661, 5662. 5754-5759 Desire expressed by young men in Edinburgh that the Acts should be in force all over the country; that is, as giving immunity from disease, ib. 5647-5652. Coiitention tliat in former limes, before the existence of the Acts, aoldiers were deterred from fornication by the feiir of catching the disease ; belief tliat in those davs soldiers never contracted venereal disease when sober, iis they did not then <iO with pro^s- tituies, Hanson 6049-6052. 6182 Opinion that fornication is more frequently indulged in at the present time, and since the introduction of the Acts, than was the case formerly, ib. 6057-6059. 61 16-6126. Asseiiion that the feeling of ihe men is that the Acts were passed to enable tliem to commit with safety the sin of fornication ; typical case which came to witness' notice in illustration of this view, Allen 6207-6212 Opinion that the fear of disease does act as a deterrent on the minds of soldiers generally, ib. 6246-6257. Decided opinion that the existence of the Acts do not influence youno- men to the more frequent commission of sin, and that a man if sensually inclined is in no way deterred by fear nf the women not being safe, Baxendale 8783-8787. 8907-8913. 8923^ Belief that men prefer to go «iih women «ho are supposed to be free from disease ratl)er than with clandestine proslitutes; opinion alsi that it is generally known that women are more fre;- from di--ease where the Acts are in operation, A/miss 10922. 1207^-12076. Difficulty in disproving the objection that the Acts by making vice safe practicnlly operatt^ so as to increase iumiorahty ; conclusion, however, of the Committee that in this respect the opponents of the Acts have failed to make out their case. Rep. xx. See ■!\]sn Amount of Disease. Marriage of f£oldiers. Prostitutes. Recreations of Soldiers. Temperance. Shield,'-' The. Infrmation with reference to the publication of the Shield in the interests of the repeal of the Acts, this paper, being published under the auspices of the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts^, Bunting 8498-8506. Short Service System {Army). Opinion that as soldiers now enter the army younger and leave it younger than f(<rmerly, another reason is afforded thereby ai;ainst making special provision for ilie gratific ition of their lust-, G/ZZeif 5082-5086. Society of Friends. Active pari taken by witness in the Society of Friends in opposition to tl^e Acts; petition annually for iheir repeal submitted to Parliament by a representa- tive body of the society, Wheder 1094-1100. Witness, who is a member of the Society of Friends, and is honorary seci-etary to the Friends' Association for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice, submits evidence in detail stiongly adverse to the Contagions Diseases Acts, Gillett 5025 et secj. Infor- mation respecting the action taken from time 10 time by the Society of Friends in oppo- sition to the Acts ; continual protests made by the representative body, grounded upon the contradiction ot ihe Acts to the divine law, ib. 5035-5042. 5049-5053 Explana- tion of the origin of the term meeting for sufferings,'' in connection with the government of the society, ib. 5037, 5038 Disapproval by the society of the existence of an aruiy or a navy, ib. 5053-5055. Paper handed in by Mr. GilKtt showing the views of the Society of Friends in con- demnation of the Acts, and in favour of their repeal, App. 589. Society for the liescue of Women and Children. See Rescue Society. Soden, Agnes. Explanation relaiive to the case of Agnes Soden (in the Plymouth and Devonport district), in October 1870, who was discharged (roni hospital on the day set down for lier application to the magistraies for discharge, Anniss 10719-10723. 10730— 10732 Contradiction of a statement made by Mr. Ryder, in the case of Agnes Soden, that the woman had been discharged from hospital after only two days de entioii; she remained in the hospital for neavly a month, ib. 11872-11882. Soldiers. Assertion that the general body of the soldiers approve of the Acts, on the understanding that their object is to enabie them to consort with prostitutes, without becoming diseased ; grounds for this statement, //fl?i«ore 5961-5979 Belief that sol diers do now consort with prostitutes more generally and more openly than they used, and that they regard the present sjsiem as being a permission to consort with women whi'sc health is supervised by the Government, ib. 5968-5982. 5991. 6116-6126. 6151— 6160. 6163-6165. Greater freedom permitted at the present lime to soldiers in regard to consorting with prostitutes than was the case Ibnnerly; statement that in former times solciiers who were seen with known prostitutes would be arrested and placed in the guard-ioom, Hanson 5968. 5971. 5980-5984. 6054-6056 Instances in which prostitutes have bent letters to men confined in hospital, ib. 5985-5990. 6091-6095. 340. . 5 C Geneiai$