The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the WorldSanger, William W.
History
The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World
Sanger, William W.
Prostitution
women in the several districts, and shall compel defaulters to pay the
outstanding tax.
"15. A perfect account is to be kept of this healing fund, and out of
the same every diseased woman shall be taken to the Charité, and,
without farther charges to herself or keeper, shall be maintained and
thoroughly cured without being sent, as formerly directed, to the
work-house. Farther, the woman shall not intrust herself either to the
visiting surgeon or to any other person for cure, but such shall take
place only in the Charité.
"16. No brothel shall be tolerated in the respectably inhabited and
frequented streets and squares of the city, but they shall be
established at a moderate distance from the same, so that the police
can watch them and speedily correct any disorder; otherwise only in
the smaller streets and thoroughfares.
"17. The matters that are ordered and prescribed in the foregoing
articles to the brothel-keepers, are also to be observed by female
brothel-keepers under like penalties.
"18. Single women living by themselves for purposes of prostitution
must give in their notices to the Police Directory in the same manner
as the women in the brothels; must also undergo examination by the
medical officers of the quarter in which they reside; must pay their
six groschen a month to the healing fund, and be subject to all the
directions applicable to brothel-keepers and their hired women, and to
the like punishments in case of offending against the directions.
"19. Procurers and procuresses, who make it their business to provide
opportunities in their houses for criminal intercourse of men and
women (whatever their condition), shall be strictly watched, and, upon
conviction, shall be liable to three months' detention in the House of
Correction.
"20. The street-walkers roaming the streets after dark are not to be
tolerated, but where they can be met with are to be taken into
custody, and after being cured, if they are affected with venereal
disease, shall be sent from six to twelve months to the House of
Correction.
"21. Whoever can not pay the fines shall receive a corresponding
corporal (_am leibe_) punishment.
"22. Informers shall receive half the fines paid in, and the remaining
fines shall be collected and distributed as the reward of those who
make discovery and information of any contraventions of these
regulations.
"23. In those cases mentioned in section 3, wherein, together with a
breach of these regulations, a crime against the laws of the state is
committed, the criminal department of the High Court will take
cognizance of it, and the remedies proceed from them to the criminal
deputation of the Chamber of Justice.
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