Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Contagious Diseases Acts
- Date:
- 1871
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Credit: Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Disease—continued. Hereditary, 14,970-14,973, 19,396-19,400, 20,176, 20,179. How communicated, 3639-3640. Increase of between 1860 and 1864, 1713, 1714, 1719. Increase or decrease in, the important point of con- sidering efficacy of Acts, 16,145. Oscillation of, 16,081-16,082. Women may have without knowing, 6855. Prevalence of doubted, 17,374-17,377- Reduction in attributable to periodical examinations, 16,106, 16,370-16,372. Severity of, 19,096-19,109. Transmission of, 14,743-14,751. Ulcer of the cervix, 1482. Ulcerations. In prostitutes, all dangerous, 1482-1486. Uterine Discharge, 1482, 6802. Muco-purulent, 1500, 4130. Not usually accompanied by a visible secondary symptom, 3641-3642. Number of dubious cases very small, 10,887, 10,888. Vaginal Catarrh. Vaginitis, 1639, 17,708-17,777. Dublin, 4312. Effect of Acts. {See Examination Periodical, EfiPect on character of women.) Decrease in drinking habits, 345-346. Effect of Acts on Women. Miserable condition of women previously to Acts,276-279, 319. Evidence Of prostitution, 43-51, 82-84, 104-107, 236-240, 381- 385, 6193, 19,571-19,574. How obtained, 19,706-19,714. On which women judged to be prostitutes substantially same at all the different periods of returns being made, 230. On which houses judged to be brothels also the same, 231. What relied on before magistrates, 202-206, 988-988, 6651-6656. Examination Of men, 1576-1588, 3517-3520, 3522-3524, 3746, 3747, 5913-5916, 5938-5946, 6097-6102, 6298-6303, 8117- 8121, 9750-9/52, 975.5-9758, 9768, 10,750-10,765, 18,176-18,183, 18,214-18,217, 18,274-18,278. Of soldiers on going on and returning from furlough, 16,125-16,128. Of recruits, 16,129-16,131. Of women. (All vromen acknowledge themselves to be prostitutes independently of submission before exami- nation, 1239-1242. Average length of, 1424-1427, 1437. Chair, no fastening on, 1559-1560, 9032-9041. Character of, 639-642. Conducted with same decency as that of virtuous women, 1207. Course adopted on refusal of women to submit to, 1504, 1505. Death of women caused by 16,946, 16,988-16,998. Detection of disease through, 14,786-14,799, 14,977, 14,978. Dislike of women to, 17,335. Distinction between examination of prostitutes and soldiers, 15,820-15,846. Prostitutes and other people, 9756. Daily average, 10,612. Every new-comer's case investigated by visiting surgeon before examining 1202. Refusal to submit to, 15,651-15,658. Force not necessary to get women to, 1104. Fortnightly period of, essential, 1227, 2449-2451, 5819, 5820, 5983-5986, 6811, 6812, 10,600-10,602, 13.986. Frequency of, 638,884-887, 1429-1431. Hospital useless wthout, 3576-3581. How conducted, 1205, 4567, 19,407-19,409. Large proportion of women found free from disease on, 1234, 1235. Maltreatment of women, 8004, 8012-8014. Menstruous women not subjected to, 1216. Mr. Lane's opinion disagreed with, 17,650-17,653. Not efficacious, 17,637-17,659, 17,670-17,680, 17,686- 17,695, 17,731, 20,109-20,117. Nurse always present at, 1204. See Nurse. Numbers relieved from, 10,158-10,160. Pain not caused by, 689-691, 693, Periodical. Effect of, oa habits and character of women, bad. Bring more young women on the streets, 8561. Degrading, 19,182-19,190, 20,079-20,082, 8562-856G, 8571, 18,187-18,189, 18,382, 18,383. Demorahsing, 18,361-18,375,19,510. Hardening, 3242-3247, 3754-3756, 17,085-17,087, 17,316, 17,965-17,979, 18,049-18,057, 18,504- 18,506, 19,515, 19,516, 19,743-19,759, 20,294. Increase clandestine prostitution, 8560-8580. Injurious, 3.385-3389. Painful, 8562, 8566-8570. (See Speculum.) Prevent reclamation, 8494. Regard their life as legalised by, 12,652-12,654,17,018- 17,020, 17.025-17,033. Self-respect destroyed by, 16,999, 17,000-17,015. Unnecessary, 12,719-12,722. Women unnecessarily subjected to, 8585, 8586. Women made more disorderly by, 3432, 3433-3438. Do not confirm women in prostitution, 9611-10,311, Do not demoralise women, 16,666-16,669. Improvement in, through, 1943, 4097, 4098, 4286- 4295,4548-4552,5055-5058,14,217-14,220, 14,261- 14,267, 14,419-14,421. Not hardening, 5976-5980, 6063-6066, 9628, 9629, 15,473, 15,669, 15,670, 1947-1950, 7505,7506. Not degrading, 9759, 9760, 10,719, 10,740-10,744, 1936, 1937,18,879,18,880. Not an indignity, outrage, or insult, 2492-2494, 2495, Not repugnant, 10,150, 10,307, 10,463-10,472. No case of women feeling licensed by, 9633-9635, Promote external decency, 1954, 2205, 2206. Women do not object to, 10,305, 10,635, 10,636, 317, 318, 1208-1212, 1213^ 12.32, 1233, 3173, 3174, 4370- 4374. Women regard favourably, 10,726-10,729, 10,733. See also 13,795,13,796,13,809,14,561-14,565,14,575- 14,585, 276-279, 5659-5706, 14,662-14,664. Effect of on population, 12,643-12,647, 17,302-17,350. Essential, 5820, 16,140, 16,562. Necessary, 6811, 1227, 13,826,13,827,14,546-14,553. Necessity for examined, 16,169, 16,236,16.237-16,245, 16,637-16,666. Objections of women to, 16,876-16,885. Privacy secured by Admiralty regulations, 1630-1633. Proportion of women sent to hospital, 10,615-10,618. Prospect of does not lead women to drinking, 1550- 1554. Practically almost as frequent prior to being carried out periodically as since, 16,658-16,710. Practically unerring, 14,833-14,836. Portsmouth commenced at, 10,140. Should be less public, 9598-9603. Submitted to only under threats, 16,906, 16,907. Under 64 and 66 compared, 18,392-18,393. Women willing to submit to, 459, 465. Women brought to, on slight suspicion, 17,584-17,591. Women subjected to without having signed submission, 17,406-17,412, 17,604-17,612,17,618-17,622. Recognized as a medical one, 9699. Report of Venereal Commission as to necessity of, disagreed with, 17,635-17,647. Same as applied to virtuous women, 1206. Same women frequently come up to, 8932,10,604-10,605, 10,645-10,648. Submission to voluntary, 1558-1559. Time occupied by, 13,841-13,851, 10,665-10,669. More frequent more satisfactory the results, 16,632, Withdrawal from, 1281, 1512-1523. Women go to, sober and clean, 692. Women would prefer monthly to fortnightly, 1225, 8929- 8930,9066-9067. Women how brought to, 1201, 11,115-11,121. Women not overawed, 1226. See also 6826-6828, 8027,9628-9629, 11,503-11,538, 11,632-11,637, 11,656-11,660, 11,992-11,997. Examining Room, Aldershot, 14,438-14,445. Cork, 18,813-18,816. Course pursued on women entering, 1203. Disorderly scenes, 8844-8848, 9081-9082, 17,337-17,349, 17,350-17,351, 19,940-19,949. Evidence as to, doubted, 16,492-16,501. Portsmouth too public, 10,531-10,534, 10,650-10,654. Prostitutes attending in carriages, 8107-8112, 9046, 10,536, 11,146-11,151. Situation of, 9048-9055, 11,152-11,156, 12,235, ]7,392- 17,394.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0852.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
