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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![for part of a building], namely, [here describe generally the building or part of buildimj,'] has been provided by the said Lords Commissioners [or Secretary of State], as a hospital for the purposes of the said Acts. Dated this day of , } k ^ '■ i. Bv order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. ^ Signed (CP.) Secretary of the Admiralty. [Or, Bv order of the Secretary of State for War. Signed {E.L.) Under-Secretary of State.] (C.) Certificate for Hospital vot provided by Admiralty, SfC. The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869. In pursuance of the above-mentioned Acts, 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 Secretarv of State intrusted with the seals of the War Department], that the follovving building [or part of a building], namely, [the lock wards of the Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport hospital, or as the case ■may be], is useful and efficient as a hospital for the purposes of the said Acts. Dated this day of 18 . By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (Signed) C.P„ 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 Acts, 1866 to 1869. In pursuance of the above-mentioned Acts, 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 seais of the War Department], that the certificate under the said Acts dated the day of , constituting the hospital [or as the case may be'] a certified hospital under the said Acts, has been and the same is hereby withdrawn as from the day of 18 Dated this day of 18 Pv order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.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. TThp, information of C.B. of , Superin- towit. J tendent of Police for [or as the case Tiiay be] under The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869, taken this day of 186 , before the undersigned, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace iu and for the said [cou7ity'] of who says he has good cause to believe that J.B. is a common prostitute, and is resident within the limits of a place to which the said Acts apply, that is to say, at in the [county'] of [or is a common prostitute, and being resident within fifteen 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 [or outside of those limits], that is tD say, at in the county of for the purpose of prostitution [in the com])any of men resident within those limits]. Taken and sworn before me the day and year first above mentionei. (Signed) L.M. (F.) Notice for Attendance of Woman. ToA.B of Take notice, that an information, a copy whereof is sub- joined hereto, has l)ecn laid before me, and that, in.accordance with the in-ovisions of the Acts 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 Acts. If you prefer it, you may, by a submission in writing signed by you in the presence of the superintendent of police [or as the case may be], and attested by him, subject yourstlf 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 remembered, that on the day of to wit. J in pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869, 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 medical 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 examination whether she is affected with a contagious disease within the meaning of the said Acts, and that she do attend for the first ex- amination at on the day of at o'clock in the noon. (Signed) L.M. (H.) Voluntary Submission to Examination. The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869. I A.B. of , in pursuance of the above- mentioned Acts, by this submission, voluntarily subject 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., Superintendent of police for [or as the case may be]. (J.) Notice by Visitinff Sure/eon to Woman of Times, 8fC. of Examination. To A.B. of Take notice, that in pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869, 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 Visitinff Surgeon. In pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869, I hereby certify that I have this day examined A.B. of , and that she is affected with a con- tagious disease within the meaning of those Acts ; and the certified hospital in which she is to be placed under the said Acts is the hospital. Dated tliis day of 18 . (Signed) Visiting Surgeon for [Portsmouth]. (L.) Certificate of Visiting Surgeon where Woman cannot properly be examined. 1 HEREBY certify that A.B., on being examined by me this day, in pursuance of The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869, v/as in such a condition that I could not properly examine her, and I have reasonable ground to believe that she is affected with contagious disease within the meaning of those Acts, and the certified hospital in which she is to be placed under the said Acts is the hospital. Dated this day of 18 . (Signed) E.F., Visiting Surgeon for [Portsmouth],](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0874.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
