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179<br />

Nadat <strong>de</strong>ze inlichtingen door tusschenkomnst onzer provin-<br />

ciale geneeskundige inspecteurs en <strong>de</strong> Ministers van Oorlog<br />

en Marine verstrekt waren, verscheen nu in 1871 het Report<br />

van <strong>de</strong> Engelsche Commissie van Enquête, groot 27 bladz.<br />

folio, toegelicht door een 846 blz. folio groot <strong>de</strong>el Minute s<br />

o f E v i d e ii c e (Vol. II van het Report), <strong>de</strong> antwoor<strong>de</strong>n behel-<br />

zend op 20385 vragen geduren<strong>de</strong> 45 dagen aan tal van personen<br />

gedaan, die hetzij <strong>de</strong> toepassing <strong>de</strong>r wetten had<strong>de</strong>n on<strong>de</strong>rgaan,<br />

hetzij ze uitgevoerd had<strong>de</strong>n, hetzij door hun betrekking, on<strong>de</strong>r<br />

studiën getuigenissen kon<strong>de</strong>n afleggen. Een belangrijke-vinding<br />

of<br />

zitting was zeker die, waarin J. Stuart Mill werd on<strong>de</strong>rvraagd<br />

(19.990-20.101). welk verhoor ook afzon<strong>de</strong>rlijk uitgegeven is.<br />

De bezwaren, tegen <strong>de</strong> Acts ingebracht, - wor<strong>de</strong>n door <strong>de</strong><br />

Commissie tot 9 punten teruggebracht (blz. 13).<br />

1. That the Acts are <strong>de</strong>signed to provi<strong>de</strong> sound prostitutes for<br />

soldiers and sailors, and that this is *implied in their title.<br />

2. That such legislation, by ren<strong>de</strong>ring vicious indulgence less<br />

hazardous, has a direct ten<strong>de</strong>ncy to promote immorality.<br />

3. That the protected districts are in fact resorted to by libertines,<br />

and that married men and youths are induced to visit<br />

the registered women by the security they are supposed to<br />

offer of freedom from contagion.<br />

4. That the practice of registering prostitutes. and subjecting<br />

them to a periodical examination for the purpose of ascertaining<br />

whether they are in a fit condition to follow their<br />

tra<strong>de</strong>, is in itself an outrage upon public <strong>de</strong>cency and<br />

morality.<br />

5. That such a system is virtually a recognition by the State<br />

of the tra<strong>de</strong> of prostitution.<br />

6. That the compulsory surgical examination of the women at<br />

stated intervals is calculated to remove any lingering sense<br />

of shame in the subjects of such operation, and to har<strong>de</strong>n them.

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