The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 3
The Contagious Diseases Act; shall the Contagious Diseases Act be applied to the civil population? Being a paper read before the Association of the Medical Officers of Health … December 18th, 1869
Contents
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The Contagious Diseases Act. — Part I
- Precis of Author's Views
- Favourable Report of the House of Commons
- Would that we Could Eradicate Prostitution p. 4
- Prostitution an Inseparable Condition of Society
- Were Prostitution Unattended by Contagious Diseases we should not Advocate Government Interference p. 5
- Other Mischiefs Connected with Prostitution p. 6
- Summary of the Effects of Contagious Disease
- How Contagious Disease can be Controlled p. 11
- Who Shall Come Under the Control of the Act
- The Common Prostitute is the Person We Wish to Control p. 12
- Definition of a Common Prostitute
- How the Act Affects the Common Prostitute p. 13
- Reasons for Compulsory Confinement p. 15
- Beneficial Effects on the Women Themselves p. 17
- Average Number of Beds Required, and the Probable Expense p. 18
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Part II p. 19
- Objections to the Extension of the Contagious Diseases Act to the Civil Population Considered p. 19
- Objections Against Instrumental Examination p. 24
- Venereal Disease Asserted to be More Common in Paris than in London p. 29
- Danger of Infringing the Liberty of the Subject p. 30
- Religious Objections p. 32
- Objections Made in the Ladies' Protest p. 34
- Postscript p. 36
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The Contagious Diseases Act. — Part I