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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![Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869.—Eelief from Periodical Examination. Notice. Any woman subjected, either on hex- own submission or under the order of a justice, to a periodical medical exami- nation under the said Acts, who desires to be relieved therefrom, and is not under detention in a certified hospital, may make ajjpHcation in writing in that behalf to the visiting surgeon. The visiting surgeon will cause a copy of such application to be delivered to the suj>erintendent of police; and if, after a rejjort from such superintendent, he is satisfied by such report or other evidence that the a])plicant has ceased to be a common jirostitute, he may, by order under his hand, direct that she he relieved, and she shall thereupon be relieved from periodical medical examination. Instead of applying to the visiting surgeon such woman as aforesaid may, if she thinks fit, make application in writing to a justice to be relieved from periodical medical examination. The justice will then api)oint by notice in writing, a time and place for the hearing of the application, and will cause the notice to be delivered to the apjjlicant, and a copy of the a])plication and of the iiotice to be delivered to the superintendent of police. If on the hearing of the application it is shown, to the satisfaction of a justice that the applicant has ceased to be a common prostitute, and if the applicant, with the approval of the justice, enters into a recognizance, with or without sureties, as to the justice seems meet, the justice will order that she be relieved from periodical medical examination. Every such recognizance will he deemed to be forfeited if at any time during the term for which it is entered into the woman to whom it relates is within the limits of any place to which the Acts apply, in any public thoroughfare, street, or place, for the purpose of prostitution, or other- wise within those limits conducts herself as a common prostitute. 4 Document suspended in the Royal Albert Hospital.* Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866 to 1869. Periodical Examinations of the Common Women. Plymouth District. 1. All women subject to the provisions of the above Acts are to be called upon to sign the voluntary submission paper (vide 2nd Schedule, Form H., Act of 1869). 2. Should any woman object to sign, she is to be in- formed of the penal consequences attending such refusal, and the advantages of a voluntary submission are to be pointed out to her. 3. Any such woman still refusing to submit herself is to be proceeded against under Section 4, Act of 1869, her name being first reported to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and his sanction obtained. 4. A complete register will be kept by the police of all women subject to the provisions of the Acts. 5. Periodical examinations are to be made of such women at the time and place hereafter mentioned. 6. Such examinations are to be made by the visiting surgeon in the presence of a female attendant, and no other person, without special authority. 7. All women subject to the provisions of the Act are to be examined once a fortnight, and oftener in doubtful cases, if thought necessary. 8. Absentees are to be brought up at the next examina- tion to that which they ought to have attended, or earlier if practicable. 9. Should more women be found to be diseased than there are beds vacant in hospital, a list is to be kept of such surplus eases in order that they may be sent to hospital so soon as there shall be room for them. \0. All new comers into the district, being known prosti- * This is a copy of the Document referred to in Minutes of Evidence. See Index; Penal Consequences; New Comers. tutes, are to be brought immediately under the operation of the Act. Places of examination :—3, Flora Lane, back of the Octagon, Plymouth. Opposite the Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport. Time of examination:—Plymouth : Mondays, Wed- nesdays, and Fridays. Devonport : Tuesdays, and Thursdays, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Admiralty, 1st February 1870. Prostitutes in Devonport and Plymouth, and Stonehguse. Return of Watch Com.mittees of the Boroughs of Devonport and Plymouth, and of the County Constabu- lary at Stonehouse. Plymouth. Devonport. Stonehouse. Totals. 18G3 - 775 227 460 1,462 1864 - 707 169 476 1,352 1865 - 830 170 393 1,393 1866 - 810 152 208 1,170 1867 - 510 200 280 990 1868 ■ 452 210 222 884 12th April 1870. Abstract of Lock Cases passed through the Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport, between the 3rd De- cember 1863 and 30th September 1869, giving the respective per-centages of Syphilitic and Gonorrhoea Cases, and showing the striking reduction in the former. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea. ;mexit 5 CO m 03 each o Case O Case of Tr o o CO . o O CQ . o ases JO.I fig tage rof g f P « otalC oqran tl er-cen urabe veraei Treat er-cen EH <1 Ph A'OLUNTAET System.* 481. days, 3rd Dec. 282 162 38-78 57-45 120 31-32 42-55 35-6 1863 to 31st Mar. 18G5 (35 beds). Undek the Act OE 1861. 548 days, 1st April 422 190 64-51 46-45 226 50-5 53-55 57-0 1865 to 30th Sept. 1866 (average oSi beds). TJndee the Act OF 1866. 182 days, 1st Oct. 155 54 92-11 34-84 101 61-5 65-16 71-51 1866 to 31st Mar. 1867 (62 beds). 183 days, 1st April 1867 to 30th Sept. 168 60 79-21 35-72 101 48-0 64-28 59-14 1867 (62 beds). 182 days, 1st Oct. 238 86 74-87 36-13 152 35-84 6S-87 49-90 1867 to 31st Mar. 1868 (91 beds). 183 days, 1st April 1868 to 30th Sept. 754 193 58-36 25-60 561 22-86 74-40 31-97 1868 (average 1364 beds). 182 days, 1st Oct. 1868 to 31st Mar. 1869 (162 beds). 183 days, 1st April 1869 to 30th Sept. 1869 (162 beds). 835 148 56-84 17-72 687 26-36 82-28 31-76 752 134 49-40 17-82 618 24-92 82-18 * Under the Voluntary system 48 syphilitic patients and 20 eases of gonorrhoea were discharged uncured, at their own request. .IMS](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365945_0927.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
