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Preface; Introduction; Part I. Prostitution, Social Science and VenerealDisease: 1. The common prostitute in Victorian Britain; 2. Social science andthe great social evil; 3. Venereal disease; Part II. The Contagious DiseasesActs, Regulationists and Repealers: 4. The Contagious Diseases Acts and theiradvocates; 5. The repeal campaign; 6. The leadership of the Ladies' NationalAssociation; 7. Class and gender conflict within the repeal movement; PartIII. Two Case Studies: Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious DiseasesActs: 8. Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts; 9. Therepeal campaign in Plymouth and Southampton 1870-4; 10. The making of anoutcast group: prostitutes and working women in Plymouth and Southampton; 11.The hospitals; 12. The local repeal campaign, 1874-86; Epilog; Notes;Selected bibliography; Index.