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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Metropolitan Police.—Contagious Diseases Acts. (3.) Rei'UKN showing the number of Public Houses, Beer Houses, Brothels, and Common Women in the several districts for each of the under-mentioned years. Year ended. Public Houses. Beer Houses. Brothels. Common Women. 3let December 1865 952 1,345 682 3,418 » 1866 1,087 1,396 685 2,613 1867 1,306 1,502 606 2,579 1868 1,506 1,637 600 2,507 » 1869 1,671 1,691 547 2,557 5> 1870 2,748 2,383 641 2,719 Remarks.—The numbers shown for 1865 are for the Portsmouth, Devonport, Sheerness, and Chatham districts; Woolwicli is included in 1866 ; Aldershot in 1867 ; Windsor and Shorncliffe in 1868 ; Col- chester in 1869 ; Greenwich, Winchester, Dover, Canterbury, Deal, Maidstone, Gravesend, and Southampton in 1870. Note.—The first number, shown under the heading Com- mon Women, in each of the attached Returns, was obtained by observation, information, and inquiry, and is the number of known common women in each respective district when the Acts were first brought into operation, the remaining numbers show the number of known common women on 31st December of each successive year. The entire number of common women was not obtained in the first instance for the Chatham, Aldershot, and Windsor districts, but as the Acts were gradually developed, the whole of the common women became known, and, from time to time, brought under the operation of the Acts as hospital accommo- dation was provided, hence the apparent increase of common women in the districts referred to. {See ReturUj No. 2). Return showing the number of Public Houses, Beer Houses, Brothels, and Common Women in the following districts for each of the years. under-mentioned Year ended. PubUc Houses. Beer Houses. Brothels. Common Women. PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 364 715 263 1,355 )j 1866 397 680 253 789 )5 1867 409 654 202 748 J> 1868 416 652 204 739 J5 1869 415 695 193 730 1870 333 608 195 590 DEVONPORT DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 427 480 356 1,770 5> 1866 413 472 280 1,238 » 1867 395 460 206 1,010 1868 396 451 170 829 1869 356 403 131 662 1870 418 442 121 557 >> SHEER] ^^ESS ] DISTR ICT. 31st December 1865 52 29 18 73 1866 52 30 18 67 ?> 1867 53 36 18 60 1868 54 34 17 52 » 1869 54 25 14 66 1870 52 31 24 59 CHATHAM DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 1866 1867 „ 1868 1869 1870 109 121 45 109 121 45 109 121 59 109 121 61 109 121 69 109 120 65 220 279 265 238 287 281 Year ended. Brothels. Common Women. WOOLWICH DISTRICT. 89 106 15 54 88 89 7 60 84 93 30 WINDSOR DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 SHORNCLIFFE DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 „ 1866 1867 1868 „ 1869 1870 COLCHESTER DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 | — 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 200 111 99 76 27 12 127 22 151 GREENWICH DISTRICT 31st December 1865 „ 1866 1867 „ 1868 „ 1869 „ 1870 193 WINCHESTER DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 „ 1866 „ 1867 1868 „ 1869 1870 DOVER DISTRICT. CANTERBURY DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 >) 1866 j> 1867 J) 1868 » — >> 1869 1870 178 31st December 1865 1866 116 93 89 240 1867 116 95 67 230 5» 1868 116 98 65 233 J> 1869 116 88 47 215 5> 1870 134 98 47 197 ALDERSHOT DISTRICT. 31st December 1865 »> 1866 1867 224 136 54 266 J) 1868 232 141 48 292 » 1869 237 148 46 315 1870 242 138 35 239 94 34 20 70 96 23 13 64 98 25 6 46 158 74 99 62 10 76 31st December 1865 „ 1866 1867 „ 1868 „ 1869 1870 201 33 21 92 15 42](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0884.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
