CDAs - from essays

Question 1

hereditary syphilis big killer of … -> 1860s … all children admitted to London Royal Free Hospital found to have syphilis

Answer 1

children under 12 months
up to 20%

Question 2

conservative estimate suggest … sick poor in London had venereal infection

Answer 2

7%

Question 3

(LRFH = syphilis responsible for … all admissions to eye & ear wards)

Answer 3

12.5-20%

Question 4

(… compulsory smallpox vaccination for babies)

Answer 4

1853

Question 5

London surgeon John William Acton’s … book

Answer 5

1857

Question 6

… committee of enquiry included … & …

Answer 6

1862
Florence Nightingale
Sir John Liddell

Question 7

(compulsory examination of men in armed forces for venereal disease ended … due to their hostility)

Answer 7

1859

Question 8

Crimean War … = more casualties from diseases e.g. … than on battlefield

Answer 8

1853-56
gonorrhoea, syphilis & scabies

Question 9

… report into overall heath army revealed … hospital admissions due venereal disease & on average …/ every 1,000 soldiers in hospital due venereal disease

Answer 9

1860
37%
105

Question 10

Italian unification … & increasing power …

Answer 10

1861
Prussia

Question 11

… (first) Act applied only to specific garrison towns & ports Eng & Ireland, authorising police arrest women on street suspected ‘common prostitutes’ -> if infected could be detained …

Answer 11

1864
up to 3 months

Question 12

… (2nd) Act widened scope = prostitutes within … ‘protected districts’ subject examination every …

Answer 12

1866
10 miles
3 months

Question 13

… Royal Commission appointed to investigate effects of Acts

Answer 13

1871

Question 14

… strongly opposed Acts & refused help any woman treated in gov hospital

Answer 14

Society for the Rescue of Women & Children

Question 15

historian …’s research concluded doctors only treating symptoms

Answer 15

Judith Walkowitz

Question 16

Mrs Percy falsely accused, took own life …

Answer 16

1875

Question 17

… invited Josephine Butler to lead …

Answer 17

Elizabeth Wolstenholme
LNA (Ladies’ Nat Assoc for the Repeal of the CDAs)

Question 18

Butler travelled … & addressed .. meetings in first year

Answer 18

3,700
99

Question 19

repeal orgs e.g. … & …, … Working Men’s Nat League estab -> by … num rad Libs elected

Answer 19

Northern Counties League led by Henry Wilson
Midlands Electoral League
1875
1880

Question 20

Wilson cultivated supp Lib P … & … elected PM for … = described as ‘workhorse’ & ‘backbone’ by …

Answer 20

1870s
1885
Holmfirth
Paula Bartley

Question 21

… Gladstone’s Libs defeated relived James Stansfeld duties as cabinet min

Answer 21

1874

Question 22

Stansfeld encouraged formation Nat Medical Assoc … & … intro motion in Commons calling end compulsory examinations

Answer 22

1875
1883

Question 23

(… … petitions signed by … presented to Parl)

Answer 23

1870-86
18,000
over 2.5mil

Question 24

… LNA successfully campaigned against Lib candidate for … …

Answer 24

1870
Newark
Henry Storks

Question 25

when giving evidence to Royal Commission ... Butler argued Acts damaging impact on prostitutes in ... no first-hand knowledge

Answer 25

1871 Portsmouth & Devon

Question 26

Royal Commission ... MP ... proposed replace compulsory checks with voluntary inspections private clinics = Butler completely blocked -> not implemented until ...

Answer 26

1871 John Stuart Mill 1883