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.

  • Association for Promoting the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Date:
1872
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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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. PAGES Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7—10 Proposal to abolish the periodical examination and TO RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES 0E THE ACT OP 1861 . . 10—30 Recommendations of the Commission .. .. .. 10 Objections to a voluntary system .. .. .. .. 11 Importance of early detection of disease .. .. .. 12 Comparison of the voluntary and compulsory systems.. 12 Examination of women on suspicion by Magistrate’s order .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Ko real difference, on moral grounds, between present and proposed systems .. .. .. .. .. 14 Opinions of the clergy, and other evidence, that the Acts do not demoralise the women, but have the precisely opposite effect .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Diminished numbers of prostitutes in the districts under the Acts .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 Clandestine prostitution not increased .. .. .. 22 Deterrent influence of the Acts in preventing young girls from becoming prostitutes .. .. .. 23 Vice not encouraged or facilitated by the Acts .. .. 25 Evidence of the clergy .. .. .. .. .. 26 Reasons of seven Commissioners for their dissent from the proposed change .. .. .. .. .. 28 Alleged wrongful accusation of Modest Women, and OF THE ILLEGAL OPPRESSION OF PROSTITUTES BY THE Police in the Administration of the Acts .. .. 30—37 Precautions against oppression .. . . . • • • 31 Instructions to police constables .. .. • • • • 31 Instructions to visiting surgeons .. .. • • • • 32 Unfounded allegations of oppression .. • ■ • • 33 Case of Mary Hagar .. .. .. • • • • 33 Unanimous opinion of the Commission that the charges against the police are unfounded .. .. • • 36