Prostitution : considered in its moral, social, and sanitary aspects, in London and other large cities and garrison towns: with proposals for the control and prevention of its attendant evils / by William Acton.

  • Acton, William, 1813-1875.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Prostitution : considered in its moral, social, and sanitary aspects, in London and other large cities and garrison towns: with proposals for the control and prevention of its attendant evils / by William Acton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PAGE CHAPTER IV. EXISTING PROVISION FOR THE CONTROL OF PROSTI- TUTES. Law on the Subject as regards the Streets, Houses, and Haunts 73-77 Existing Provision for the Relief of Prostitutes.—^Lock and other London Hospitals—Existing Provision in County Towns 77-83 Existing Provision under the Contagious Diseases Act.— At the London Lock Hospital—At the Aldershot Hospital— At Woolwich and Chatham 83-98 CHAPTER y. PROSTITUTION ABROAD. Synopsis of French Regulations.—Paris Civil Hospital Ex- perience (for Females)—French Civil Hospital Experience (for Males)—French Military Experience—Experience in the French Navy—Experience in the French Merchant Service . 99-127 Synopsis of Belgian Regulations.—Movement of Prostitu- tion in the City of Brussels—Number of Venereal Patients Treated in the Belgian Military Hospitals . . . 128-135 Synopsis of the Hamburg regulations . . . 136-139 Synopsis of Regulations in Berlin .... 139-145 Synopsis of the Regulations in Vienna . . . 145-148 Prostitution in Italy 149-155 Present Condition of and mode of Regulation of Clandestine Prostitution on the Continent 155-160 CHAPTER VL CAUSES OF PROSTITUTION. Of Supply—Of Demand— Primary — Secondary — Artificial — Local—Individual Causes . . , » . 161-186