, 1874-02-26
THE SOClAL.'EVlL.
Conference Between tho Boards OF
Health and Police.
Dr.. SchIoctzer Reads a Paper Favorlng
the Licensing System.
Several Members in Favor Of tho
Project. .,
1t Is Concluded TO Wait for tho Opinion
of tho Law Officers OF tho City.

It Is Concluded to Wait for tho Opinion
of the Law Officers OF tho City.
A conforonco betwcen tho Donrds OF 1Iohlth
and Police WAS held yostorday afternoon in tho
o1loe of tho frat named Board for the purpose
of discussing aome plnn for tho bcttor regulation
and control Of tho Social Evil md tho diseasos
resulting thorofrom. Tho meeting was first eug-
gested by President Sheridan, Of tho Board of
Police, and WAS brought about by formal roso-
luton of the Board Of Health. OF tho Banitary
guardians Of tho city, there wero present Drs.
I1alln, Miller, aud schoetzcr, aud Mossrs Moore,
Hook and A1oDermott. Police Commissioners
Klokke and Reno were on hAnd, as was also Aid.
Bchnfrner. Mark Sheridan wns absent in Spring.
field in bohnlf Of Rafferty,.
LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING.
Dr. Miller moved that MIR: Reno take tho chair.
Tho motion prevailed. Dr.. Miller said tho msot-
Ing was called at tho request Of tho board Of
Police. :
Alr. Klokko did not understand 1t so neither
did AIr. Rono. They supposed thoy had come as
the invitation of tho Boatd Of Health. 80
DR.. Hahn said tho meeting was hold at the aug-
Eostion Of tho Board Of Police.
Mr.. Klokko wns surprised ut this. 10 thought
tho nooessary suggestions should come from tho
Doard Of Health, and tho Doard Of Police would
rondcr ali aid in their power.
Dn. sonLoErzER's PAPER.
Dr.. 6chloetzor read paper Which he had pro-
pared for tho occasion. Ho said the object Of
tho meeting was to discuss the bost means Of
regulating prostitution, 50 as to prevent disease
as far as possible The objection urged against
the tololation OF brotholB were stated, aud oil
were nnBworcd In detail, tho Doctor taking
In n
brothola az against Bystem Of wlat he dosig-
mated rs 'freo prostitution" Following is .
synopsis Of tho paper,
Ths principal 1ty and onss. ot ssnitsry .sleaes
] prove lis % Sanitary re condition. We arc hnfe to
believe that o Board Of Health, by sober eonsttlera
ton Of the matter, recommend tho toloratlon Of
get control Of prostitution, and only by such
control can ,se sor tho propagation Of aisease ten
easo It nut only destroys the neath Of the Infected
but also tho health aud fo OF their offspring. Some
Legislatures have manifested great aversion to tho toll
erattnn Of brothels while others have objection to
It, Tho chief objections may bo stated as follows:
THE OBJECTIONS.
/. II wontu not do for the Bato to g1ve q kind OF
lc4natiou to prostitution in oleratnR md not pun
1shing It. They gay that tho keeping Of bro.he's
.. Tho recognition of brosho!s Will be constant at
traction for men, and an easy occasion for such
resort to lcwd practices. ALSO, that The recruiting Of
those who aro not entirely de.noralized. :
8. Tint brohela ruin morally tho children Of the
thenl-particuarly tho children Of the nclghborhood.
Tho inmates Of brotho1s cannot return 10 easily to
IN 5 T. s ging nsf free r Roas IN
brohels than tn my other kind Of prostitution.
Q. :hoy will bo accustomed to laxness and nto1ica-
7. Tho e1tortton aud fleeing practiced by keepers
upon inmates is very injurious, as i docs not allow
them to accumulate means to help them TO commence
s. Tho living together Of females in brothes cor
Thps them to greater dcgreo than would bo the caso
AsswEns TO TIE onsEor1oNs.
infas L ssass san LA IL nS
States which punish bEolels Other shtes haSs t9ksp
2. II brothela do not provoke what can bc pro-
hibed easily, these houses have no speeia1 attraction
them whether in brobels Or rot. These Is trou
lie with regard the regulation OF brohea but it Is
houses, and that haf dcoralized girls do not take
very surprising step IN going into brothel.
tns eiiren. and from @ u ao1ng inmates s to % show
themselves at windows, in aoorways' OF upon the
the regulations imposed upon the keepers aud II ii
arranged that no giT can 10 reainrd one hour II
debt every prostitute Gun leave the house rs aoon "a
s. We're question ethct Of their punish, mt, In
divilually Of regulation the moral penalty suffered
would 10 tho salno In cithcr case.
0. FREQ prostitutes, those not In hrothelg, are
usually drunkard8 or 1dern, whose condition in life,
IN brotlels, could be moro easily nmehoratcd than
when subject to restrnnt ct present. The keep
ers would keep them occupied part Of tho t'mo III
L chcating aid acociug Is also practiced upon frcs
prostitutes: They get their dresses and other aeccs.
sares credit and It enormous prices, and they haye
topy for board, washing, etc., higher prices thun in
s. Abon. tho greater corruption md demonstration
in brothcle cau be eal that III FREQ prostitution M
prostitute only assocates with women OF her kind IL
game ctfeet IS tho community Of brothes.
Under the most favorable conditions brothola canno
name,-perhapa without paror, music, and whisky
Prostitutes living tn hrothcls mny ho kept mnde
tie rsht nao to TOT the ling Il they arc toorstet
they eau DO bound to well-telincd sanitary md poltc
ths aas Sf mnSrs ~ can bo prohibited m
trolled, and yagrant prostitutes can be suppressed, O.
disease In countries where nothing is dono 10 resu!s
foport on syphilis u the ary and navy of tho Unisc,
Kingdom: Until tho enactment Of the contagou
syp IT a @ q sss ss a9g ss sss 9n' @ +
Y hospital by reason Of syrhls and A Agonorrhea an
there wna ., duly e 1agg in hosps
navy was So $40 in 1879, ind tlcre were recorded 2
@i3 aick days" on nccount Of syphilis, 9onorrhea
Such Rros are noWlcre foad whsre ta sDsS sansr
and police authorities do their duty toward tho pre-
vention Of these dlscasca.
MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
Or. schlootzor aiHo reforrod to the following
extract from Parkos "PractfcA1 uygiene TO
Health:
It has also been proposed to detoct and cure til
diyeaee IN prostitutes great ontcry hnR been raise
agaInst this propoaa which ia yet matter Of preca
tion which the S,sts Is surely bound to lake. wom
STOOD