The Queen's Daughters in IndiaBushnell, Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline)
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The Queen's Daughters in India
Bushnell, Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline)
Prostitution -- India; Women -- India -- Conduct of life; Women -- India -- Social conditions
| of providing houses that will meet the wishes of
| the women.
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| 2. Unless their comfort and the convenience of those
| who consort with them is considered, the results
| will not be satisfactory.
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Appendix B.
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a two-part document. In this first part, text surrounded by the
tilde ("~") character indicates it is handwritten in this document.]
FAC-SIMILE OF A REGISTRATION TICKET OF EXAMINATION
Issued to a Prostitute in India, in 1892, notwithstanding the
Resolution of the House of Commons of June 5, 1888, condemning such
registration. The form employed is the one authorized by the East India
Contagious Diseases Act of 1866, which was repealed in 1888.
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~1892~
Ticket of Registered Prostitutes in the Cantonment of Meean Meer,--
Name, _________~Begum 1st~_________________________________________
Caste ______~Mohamedun~____________________________________________
Registered number, ____~1~_________________________________________
Place of residence in Cantonment, ___~Sudder Bazar~________________
Date of Registry, ______~4-3-90~___________________________________
Personal appearance, ______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
~signature~
~offs.~ Cantonment Magistrate,
Meean Meer,
A. B. P., S. B., M. M.
~DMM~
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tilde ("~") character indicates it is handwritten in this document.
The string "~initial~" represents the undecipherable initials or
signature of an examining Medical Officer.]
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