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**[https://archive.org/stream/queensdaughters00butlgoog#page/n19/mode/1up Regimental brothels] page 15. These were set up under the Cantonment Act 1864.
:Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. It is believed the authors visited India after the Cantonment Act of 1889, perhaps c early 1890s.
*[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
*Article [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n1/mode/1up Hindu medical treatment for Spasmodic Cholera] ''Madras Courier January 12 1819'', (pages 2-3 of the book file). Also includes an additional comment about [https://archive.org/stream/MadrasCourier1819/MadrasCourier1819-01-12#page/n2/mode/1up Inocuation for the Cow-Pox known to Hindu Medical writers] (page 3 of the book file). There is a comment [https://archive.org/details/MadrasCourier1819 here] under “Description” about this part of the article. Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2JV9lJn0VIC&pg=PR3 ''An Essay on the Epidemic Cholera of India''] by Reginald Orton, Surgeon 2nd edition 1831 (first published c 1820) Google Books
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