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1. IOR/P/674 Feb 1872 no 01

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IOR/P/674 Feb 1872 no 01
Title:
Venereal disease at Amritsar
Scope & Content:
pp 29-31. Communication from the Government of the Punjab in response to a suggestion by the Government of India that a Lock-hospital be established at Amritsar, expressing the opinion that enforcing the Contagious Diseases Act in the city would be unpopular and expensive. The communication enclo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1871-Jan 1872
Extent:
3 pages

2. IOR/P/1003 Jul 1877 nos 18-23

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IOR/P/1003 Jul 1877 nos 18-23
Title:
Building for a Lock Hospital at Murree
Scope & Content:
pp 365-66.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1877-Jul 1877
Extent:
2 pages

3. IOR/P/1338 Dec 1879 nos 14-15

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IOR/P/1338 Dec 1879 nos 14-15
Title:
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
Scope & Content:
pp 953-55. Communication received from the Government of Bengal, proposing new police powers to arrest women for breach of lock hospital rules, exempting themselves from medical examination, or engaging in prostitution without registration. Reply from the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1879-Dec 1879
Extent:
3 pages

4. IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 no 13

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IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 no 13
Title:
Working of Lock Hospitals in Cantonments
Scope & Content:
pp 41-61. Correspondence between the Government of Bengal and the Military Department regarding the duties and responsibilities of civil officers in regard to the working of lock hospitals in Cantonments.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1876-Mar 1877
Extent:
19 pages

5. IOR/P/674 Mar 1872 no 20

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IOR/P/674 Mar 1872 no 20
Title:
Ranikhet Lock Hospital Report and Returns for 1871
Scope & Content:
pp 95-102. Copy report and returns containing tabulated statistics, plus comments thereon by the Commissioner of the Kumaon Provinces; Lieutenant-Colonel T H Chamberlain, Cantonment Magistrate; J A Ferguson, Surgeon in Medical Charge; and the Government of the North-Western Provinces.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1872-Mar 1872
Extent:
8 pages

6. IOr/P/1203 Jun 1878 nos 35-40

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IOr/P/1203 Jun 1878 nos 35-40
Title:
Working of the Lock Hospital rules in Thannas of Dum-Dum and Areadah (Baranagore)
Scope & Content:
pp 401-04.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1878-Jun 1878
Extent:
4 pages

7. IOR/P/1203 Feb 1878 no 35

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IOR/P/1203 Feb 1878 no 35
Title:
Measures adopted at Dalhousie to prevent irregular prostitution by women labourers
Scope & Content:
p 253. Memorandum by the Commander of the Lahore Division, stating the women labourers will not be employed on works unless accompanied by their husbands.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1878
Extent:
1 page

8. IOR/P/1338 Jan 1879 nos 22-23

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IOR/P/1338 Jan 1879 nos 22-23
Title:
Discontinuance of the levy of registration fees on women working as prostitutes
Scope & Content:
p 13. Resolution regarding the cessation of the practice in Burma.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1878
Extent:
1 page

9. IOR/P/1338 Jun 1879 nos 59-92

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IOR/P/1338 Jun 1879 nos 59-92
Title:
Comments regarding the efficiency of the Lock Hospital system in India
Scope & Content:
pp 305-410. Dispatches received from the Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, the Punjab, the Central Provinces, Burma, and Hyderabad; comprising reports and communications from Medical Officers and local administrative officials regarding the working of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1878-Jun 1879
Extent:
95 pages

10. IOR/P/674 Aug 1871 nos 12-14

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IOR/P/674 Aug 1871 nos 12-14
Title:
The working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta
Scope & Content:
pp 161-210. Government of Bengal forward reports and correspondence on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act in Calcutta for the years 1868-1870, comprising: Resolution of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal on the report of the Superintendent, Lock-Hospitals, on the working of the Act in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1871-Aug 1871
Extent:
50 pages