Contagious Diseases Acts knowledge organiser

Question 1

1st … CDA applied to specific garrison towns, women could be held in lock hospital for up to …

Answer 1

1864
3 months

Question 2

2nd … CDA included more towns, prostitutes within … of protected districts had compulsory examinations every …

Answer 2

1866
10 miles
3 months

Question 3

3rd … CDA created further … protected districts, detainment extended to …

Answer 3

1869
18
12 months

Question 4

… unification of Italy

Answer 4

1861

Question 5

Crimean War …

Answer 5

1853-56

Question 6

… report found … of army hospital admissions due to venereal infections

Answer 6

1860
37%

Question 7

on average … soldiers in hospital due to venereal infections at any given time

Answer 7

105 out of 1000

Question 8

… advised regulation of prostitution via frequent medical checks

Answer 8

Sir John Liddell

Question 9

venereal disease -> … of all admissions to ear & eye wards at …

Answer 9

12.5-20%
London Royal Free Hospital

Question 10

… Royal Commission found that free treatment improved conditions & increased working life of prostitutes 🤨

Answer 10

1871

Question 11

medical examinations performed in rooms with clear windows in …

Answer 11

Devonport

Question 12

historian …’s … research found treatment only dealt with symptoms not disease

Answer 12

Judith Walkowitz
1980s

Question 13

… committed suicide in … following false accusation

Answer 13

Mrs Percy
1875

Question 14

agitation for parliamentary reform had been revived among wealthy mc - … ‘Reform Union’ founded in …

Answer 14

1864
Manchester

Question 15

… steered the Second Reform Act = increased electorate from … to …

Answer 15

Benjamin Disraeli
1.4mil
2.5mil

Question 16

… collected … signatures for female suffrage

Answer 16

Women’s Suffrage Committee
1,500

Question 17

Nat. Association for the Repeal of the CDAs formed in …

Answer 17

1869

Question 18

… = member of … promoting liberal issues

Answer 18

Elizabeth Wolstenhome
Social Science Association

Question 19

Wolstenhome rejected … or prominent feminist … as leaders for Ladies’ Nat. Association for the Repeal of the CDA, invited … to lead the movement

Answer 19

Florence Nightingale
Harriet Martineau
Josephine Butler

Question 20

Butler founded refuge for fallen women in …

Answer 20

Liverpool

Question 21

Butler travelled … in first year addressing … meetings, LNA newspaper … spread awareness of the Acts, singled out candidates in parliamentary elections -> … forced to withdraw candidacy on day of election

Answer 21

3,700 miles
99
The Shield
Henry Storks

Question 22

Butler blocked voluntary medical examinations in private clinics (proposed by … at the Royal Commission in …) -> introduced in …

Answer 22

John Stuart Mill
1871
1883

Question 23

Con. gov. in …

Answer 23

1874