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and as long
as
the Native Brothels are
not interfered with the Chinese are
the
on
question of
Chinese
indifferent Examination. But the
#1
that
are so conservative of "old Custom" although they will highly approve of medical
Examination when in conversation with us,
are asked to put an
nevertheless when they opinion to that effect in
do es.
opinions.
effect in writing
writing they won't They have not the courage of their
Women in China have more
influence than is generally thought, and
the
women
of
a
class do not like the
Examination amy.
now
than
women at home
do.
17.
very
That there cannot however
be much objection to the medical examination amongst the prostitute class who consort
with Foreigners is evidenced by all the Registered
both at Shanghai
women
the
fact
that
and
and Yokohama are medically Examined with the most beneficial sanitary effects. The benefits derived from introducing medical examination of prostitutes at Japan - estimated, the state
of
soldiers and sailors there before the establish-
are
disease
hardly to be over
ww
amongst our
ment of the "Yoshiwara " by the Japanese Government being something appalling. The system of medical examination of public women is now quite established in all large cities of Japan,
and I fear much we abandon the power of Compulsory Medical Examination which however to be effective must be done with great
is
we
a
great care
repetition of
the terrible
shall have state of things existing
the Colony-
tw
the early days of
a return to the worst type of
syphilis __ with its "secondaries" and "tertiaries"-
all the other evils which the highest :
medical