CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 257

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248

money

their charges being from $5 to $50. Many of them leaving the Colony a short time with $50,000 (or more).

the medical examination in their case can hardly be called compulsory.

Japanese professional prostitutes who in their own country have to undergo a strict medical examination carried out on European principles, come here knowing they will have to submit to a similar examination and also that money can easily be made here as in their own country; in their case also the medical examination can hardly be called compulsory.

Therefore in the working of this Ordinance in this Colony the medical examination can hardly be called compulsory except in the cases of women arrested in unregistered (Chinese) brothels, who when arrested are sent to the Lock Hospital for examination and a proportion of them found to be diseased, fully showing the necessity of the legislation against Contagious Diseases.

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248 money their charges being from $5 to $50. Many of them leaving the Colony a short time with $50,000 (or more). the medical examination in their case can hardly be called compulsory. Japanese professional prostitutes who in their own country have to undergo a strict medical examination carried out on European principles, come here knowing they will have to submit to a similar examination and also that money can easily be made here as in their own country; in their case also the medical examination can hardly be called compulsory. Therefore in the working of this Ordinance in this Colony the medical examination can hardly be called compulsory except in the cases of women arrested in unregistered (Chinese) brothels, who when arrested are sent to the Lock Hospital for examination and a proportion of them found to be diseased, fully showing the necessity of the legislation against Contagious Diseases.
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248

money

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