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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![(C.) Certificate for Hospital not provided by Admiralty, 8fC. The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866. In pursuance of the above-mentioned Act, it is hereby certified by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom [or by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State intrusted with the seals of the War Department], that the following building [or part of a building], namely, [the Lock Wards of the Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Hos])ital, or as the case may 6e,] is useful and efficient as a hospital for the purposes of the said Act. Dated this day of 18 . By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Signed) CP., Secretary of the Admiralty. [Or By order of the Secretary of State for War. (Signed) E.L., Under-Secretary of State.] (D.) Declaration of Withdrawal of Certificate. The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866. In pm-suance of the above-mentioned Act, it is hereby declared by the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom [or by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State intrusted .with the seals of the War Department], that the certificate under the said Act dated the day of , con- stituting the Hospital [or as the case may be] a certified hospital under the said Act, has been and the same is hereby withdrawn as from the day of 18 . Dated this day 18 . By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Signed) CP., Secretary of the Admiralty. [Or By order of the Secretary of State for War. (Signed) E.L., Under-Secretary of State.] (E.)_ Information. I The information of CD. of , to wit. J superintendent of police for [or as the case may be], under the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, taken this day of 186 , before the undersigned, one of Her Majjesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of , who says he has good cause to believe that A.B. is a common prostitute, and is resident within the limits of a place to which the said Act applies, that is to say, at , in the [county] of [or is a common prostitute, and being resident within five miles of a place to which the said Act applies, that is to say, at in the county of , was within fourteen days before the laying of this information, that is to say, on the day of , within those limits, that is to say, at in the county of , for the purpose of prostitution], Taken and sworn before me the day and year first above mentioned. (Signed) L.M. (F.) Notice for Attendance of Woman. To A.B. of Take notice, that an information, a copy whereof is sub- joined hereto, has been laid before me, and that, in accord- ance with the provisions of the Act therein mentioned, the truth of the statements therein contained will be inquired into before me, or some other justice, at , on the day of , at o'clock in the noon. You are therefore to appear before me or such other justice at that place and time, and to answer to what is stated in the said information. You may appear yourself, or by any person on your behalf. If you do not appear, you may be ordered, without further notice, to be subject to a periodical medical exami- nation by the visiting surgeon under the said Act. If you prefer it, you may, by a submission in witing signed by you in the presence of the superintendent of ])olice [or as the case may be], and attested by him, subject yourself to such a periodical examination. If you do so before the time above appointed for your appearance, it will not be necessary for you to appear then before a justice. Dated this day of (Signed) L.M. Justice of the peace for [Subjoin copy of information.] (G.) Order subjecting Woman to Examination. \Be it re;?iembered, that on the day of to wit. / in pursuance of the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, I, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said [county] of do order that A.B., of , be subject to a periodical inedi'.'al examination by the visiting surgeon for [Portsmouth, or as the case may be] for calendar months from this day, for the purpose of ascertaining at the time of each such examina- tion whether she is affected with a contagious disease within the meaning of the said Act, and that she do attend for the first examination at on the day of at o'clock in the noon. (Signed) L.3I. (H.) Voluntary Submission to Examination. The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866. I A.B. of , in pursuance of the above-mentioned Acv, by this submission, voluntarily sub- ject myself to a periodical medical examination by the visiting surgeon for [Portsmouth, or as the case may be] for calendar months from the date hereof. Dated this day of 18 . (Signed) A.B. Witness, X.Y., Supernitendent of police for [or as the case may be]. (J.) Notice by Visiting Surgeon to Woman of Times, ^c. of Examination. To A.B. of Take notice, that in pursuance of the Contagious Dis- eases Act, 1866, you are required to attend for medical examination as follows: [Here state times and places of examination^ Dated this day of 18 . (Signed) E.F., Visiting Surgeon for [Portsmouth]. (K.) Certificate of Visiting Surgeon. In pursuance of the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, I hereby certify that I have this day examined A.B. of , and that she is affected with a contagious disease within the meaning of that Act; ;ind the certified hospital in which she is to be jilaced under the said Act is the Hospital. Dated this day of ] 8 , (Signed) E.F., Visiting Surgeon-for [Portsmouth^. (L.) Order by Inspector of Certified Hospitals for Transfer. By virtue of the power in this behalf vested in me by the Contagious Diseases Act, 1866, I hereby order that A.B. of , now detained under that Act in the certified hospital of for medical treatment, be transferred thence to the certified hospital of Dated this dav of 18 . (Signed) M.N., Inspector of Certified Hospitals. (M.) Certificate for Detention beyond Three Months. The Contagious Diseases Act, 1866. We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the further detention for medical treatment of A.B. of , now an inmate of this hospital, is requisite. Dated this day of 18 , at the Hospital. (Signed) M.N., Inspector of Certified Hospitals, [or as the case may be], G.H., Chief Medical Officer.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0871.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
