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
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pp 719-37. Note by J M Cuningham, Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, plus Resolution thereon by the Government of India.
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
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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.
Comments regarding the efficiency of the Lock Hospital system in India
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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...
Re-introduction of the Contagious Diseases Act in the City of Bombay
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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...
Proposed amendment of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868)
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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 ...
Remarks on the working of the Contagious Diseases Act (XIV of 1868) in light of its proposed amendment
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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...