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*[https://archive.org/stream/b21933467#page/n27/mode/2up The Cantonment Act of 1897], page 12 ''A Manual of Venereal Diseases'' by Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1907 Archive.org. A report on Venereal Disease in the Army.
*[https://archive.org/details/undersurface00martuoft ''Under the Surface''] by L [Louisa] Martindale, M.D., B.S. 2nd edition, first published c 1907 has two chapters relevant to prostitution in cantonments in India. [https://archive.org/stream/undersurface00martuoft#page/54/mode/2up Chapter V] appears to imply the system was still in existence in 1907, and refers to the Cantonments Code of 1899
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174625/page/n80/mode/1up Page 76] ''Footslogger An Autobiography'' by Graham Seton (Lieutenant- Colonel G S Hutchinson) 4th Impression 1933 Archive.org. C 1911, it was the duty of the Regimental Orderly Officer to close the gates of the Government-controlled brothels at closing time. The author was in the [[25th Regiment of Foot| King's Own Scottish Borderers]] at [[Ranikhet]].
*[https://archive.org/details/underraj00suma ''Under the Raj : Prostitution in Colonial Bengal''] by Sumanta Banerjee 1998. Archive.org Lending Library. (First time borrowers must first register.)
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/53/5/382.full.pdf "Cholera in the Army in India Over a Hundred Years Ago" [1813 treatment<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major W. W. S. Sharpe ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1929;53:5 pages 382-385
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