Lock Hospitals
Created by Katherine Calloway on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 13:04
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Due to the spread of venereal diseases, Lock Hospitals began to pop up. With prostitution becoming more prominen, venereal diseases began to spread like wild fire. After a while, they became rehabilitation homes for prostitutes. Although, they were not much better than the Magdalene Asylums. (Revisiting Dickens)
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©Public Domain
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circa. 1865