ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Act of 1864 stated that women found to be infected could be interned in lock hospitals for up to three months, a period extended to one year with the 1869 Act. These measures were justified by medical and military officials as the most effective means to shield men from venereal disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contagious disease” means any contagious venereal disease: “Brothel-keeper” means the occupier of any house, room or place to or in which women resort or are for the purpose of prostitution and every person managing or assisting in the management of any such house, room or place. “Brothel-keeper."

Detailed explanation-3: -The Contagious Diseases Act was first passed in 1864. It was extended in 1866 and 1869, before being repealed in 1886. The Acts were introduced as an attempt to regulate ‘common prostitutes’, in order to reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases within the British army and navy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The struggle was supported by the Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (LNA) that was established in 1869 by Elizabeth Wolstenholme (1833-1918) and Josephine Butler.

Detailed explanation-5: -To counter the spread of such diseases it introduced, in 1864, the first of three Contagious Diseases Acts (CDAs) which permitted the compulsory inspection of prostitutes for venereal disease in certain military camps in both England and Ireland.