CO129-203 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [10] — Page 436

435

some time.

ago,

I showed that after

the most careful investigation of

of disease, I

the reported cases traced 59h the per cent Syphilis-

and

6.37%, the per cent Gonorrhoea to registered

houses, and the women

and imm

were

Ertified

free from disease immediately before

immediately after the time at which the disease was said to be

Contracted. Since then this case

has occurred: - A is detained in

Stoopital with Syphilis. The after

Y days

is die

discharged

and

goes

day of

to the Brothel. The same

her return B a soldier visits her

and 7 days afterwards, she is detained

in Hospital again

with Syphilis -

whilst on the 8th day

the 8th day the soldier

is detained from Syphilis, having had nothing

wom

Frith

to do

with

other

any

every respect for the

Colonial Surgeon, I am satisfied

that there is room for

improvement in the Inedical Examination of

the

womens and

that more help is required.

مدیری انگارا

necessary

to amend the

law of evidence as to what

a Bromel. There can

Constitutes a

be no

many

nanner

of doubt about houses being brothels but the

in

difficulty is the evidence. Section

the

XXV of

present law states what will happen to the Keeper of

arv

unlicensed Brothel, and Section XXVI

imposes