incdical exanimation with which this Department is only indirectly concerned, under the medical work ne Ordinances being the special province of the Medical Officers of the Government.
Brothels and their inmates are to be registered as formerly. It is in the work of registration that the chief duties of this Department in connection with the Contagious Diseases Ordinance have always consisted.
More is implied in this work of registration than at first sight might appear. It does not merely consist in the registration of house numbers and women's names, but is made use of as a means for preventing brothel slavery, an evil which has for years past attracted much attention and is still carefully guarded against, for saving young girls from being sold into a life of infamy.
In fact, so far as this Department is concerned, the so-called Contagious Diseases Ordinances might more properly be designated Ordinances for the protection of women and children; for the protection of ignorant women and young children is the object which this Department has always had in view when, by availing itself of the system of registration, it has endeavoured to prevent women being entrapped into a life of shame and children from being brought up in a vicious atmosphere and finally made prostitutes.
And this fact has been recognized by the Secretary of State, who has directed that the title of Contagious Diseases Ordinances is to be changed to that of Ordinance for the protection of women and children; so that the question of how the work of this Department will be affected by the change in the Contagious Diseases Ordinances is really equivalent to asking how the duties...
Corrected version in HTML format as requested:Medical examination with which this Department is only indirectly concerned, under the Ordinances being the special province of the Medical Officers of the Government.
Brothels and their inmates are to be registered as formerly. It is in the work of registration that the chief duties of this Department in connection with the Contagious Diseases Ordinance have always consisted.
More is implied in this work of registration than at first sight might appear. It does not merely consist in the registration of house numbers and women's names, but is made use of as a means for preventing brothel slavery, an evil which has for years past attracted much attention and is still carefully guarded against, for saving young girls from being sold into a life of infamy.
In fact, so far as this Department is concerned, the so-called Contagious Diseases Ordinances might more properly be designated Ordinances for the protection of women and children; for the protection of ignorant women and young children is the object which this Department has always had in view when, by availing itself of the system of registration, it has endeavoured to prevent women being entrapped into a life of shame and children from being brought up in a vicious atmosphere and finally made prostitutes.
And this fact has been recognized by the Secretary of State, who has directed that the title of Contagious Diseases Ordinances is to be changed to that of Ordinance for the protection of women and children; so that the question of how the work of this Department will be affected by the change in the Contagious Diseases Ordinances is really equivalent to asking how the duties...