The Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866-69 : their character and necessary tendency /
Rainy, Robert,1826-1906.
Edinburgh : Issued by the Scottish National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, 5 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh,
[1870?]
Pamphlet against legislation designed to check the spread of venereal disease by allowing the police to arrest prostitutes and send them to be checked for VD. If found to be infected, the prostitutes were then confined in a 'Lock Hospital' until cured. Rainy argues against the laws in that they regard prostitution as a 'recognized institution'.
Pamphlet against legislation designed to check the spread of venereal disease by allowing the police to arrest prostitutes and send them to be checked for VD. If found to be infected, the prostitutes were then confined in a 'Lock Hospital' until cured. Rainy argues against the laws in that they regard prostitution as a 'recognized institution'.
Great Britain.
Sexually transmitted diseases
Prostitution
Scotland Edinburgh.