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41. IOR/P/1203 Oct 1878 nos 111-28

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IOR/P/1203 Oct 1878 nos 111-28
Title:
Note on the Lock Hospital Reports for the several Governments and Administrations of the Bengal Presidency [Bengal, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Punjab, Central Provinces, Native States, Burma] for 1877
Scope & Content:
pp 719-37. Note by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, plus Resolution thereon by the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1878-Oct 1878
Extent:
19 pages

42. IOR/P/1203 Sep 1878 nos 08-09

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IOR/P/1203 Sep 1878 nos 08-09
Title:
Memorandum of the Army Sanitary Commission on the working of Lock Hospitals in India
Scope & Content:
pp 459-61.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1878
Extent:
3 pages

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. IOR/P/1338 Oct 1879 nos 02-03

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IOR/P/1338 Oct 1879 nos 02-03
Title:
Army Sanitary Commission memorandum on the Report on Lock Hospitals in the Madras Presidency for 1877
Scope & Content:
pp 787-91.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1879
Extent:
4 pages

47. IOR/P/1664 Aug 1881 nos 32-33

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IOR/P/1664 Aug 1881 nos 32-33
Title:
Re-introduction of the Contagious Diseases Act in the City of Bombay
Scope & Content:
pp 341-56. The Government of Bombay submit report and copy despatches regarding their re-introduction of the Contagious Diseases Act. Incudes Report of the Acting Sanitary Commissioner for Bombay on the prevalence of venereal disease and the necessary measures to prevent it; copy Resolution of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1881
Extent:
16 pages

48. IOR/P/1664 Jan 1881 nos 38-43

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IOR/P/1664 Jan 1881 nos 38-43
Title:
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
Scope & Content:
pp 33-39. Copy communication from the Government of Bengal regarding the proposed amendments, principally concerning 1) the definition of the term "common prostitute", 2) provision for compulsory registration, and 3) powers of summary arrest for unregistered prostitution. Resolution thereon by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1880-Jan 1881
Extent:
7 pages

49. IOR/P/1664 Jun 1881 nos 23-41

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IOR/P/1664 Jun 1881 nos 23-41
Title:
Remarks on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868) in light of its proposed amendment
Scope & Content:
pp 187-261. Correspondence and reports received from local administrations regarding the working of the Contagious Diseases Act. The reports are rich in statistical information. Includes Report of the Committee of Inquiry assembled at Calcutta under the orders of the Government of India, examin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1879-Jun 1881
Extent:
70 pages