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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 24, 1767
Page
4
A letter argues against harsh eradication of brothels, urging regulated containment rather than banning prostitution. It cites a Chief Justice comparing brothel houses to cooks shops and proposes placing prostitutes in designated areas with proper controls to minimize public mischief. The writer signs as AMBULATOR.
A crude verse warns maidens in Hexham about pregnancy risk from illness and wind. It recalls a girl seized by a violent fit of the cholera and delivering a fine boy without knowledge of a man, urging caution for future maidens about sexual risk and pregnancy during outbreaks.
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