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IP/25/HG.6
ANNUAL REPORT
ON
THE LOCK HOSPITAL
OF THE
MADRAS PRESIDENCY,
FOR THE YEAR
1877.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
MADRAS:
PRINTED BY R. HILL, AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1878.
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| Description | Reports cover 1877-1889. Describes conditions, staffing and expenditure of lock hospitals. Prostitute statistics show registration, attendance and punishment. Tables list instances of venereal disease (syphilis, gonorrhoea) in women and troops. Comments by military staff appraise the working of the lock hospital system. |
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| Description | 5 titles dating from 1873 to 1891. Describes the treatment and control of venereal disease applied to prostitutes and soldiers. This followed the Indian Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864 and 1868. Statistics and candid reports illustrate the civil and military lock hospital system. |
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| Description | The Institutions collection consists of 106 volumes from British India, dating from the 1860's to the 1940's. Divided into reports on medical institutions, army health, and lock hospitals. Education of indigenous medical students and maintenance of troop health shown in annual reports and statistical tables. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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