Compulsory detention / notification: Defence Regulation 33B in Scotland

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 106 AMS/B/05/19
  • Former Reference
      GB 106 B5 Box 1 of 1 JB51
  • Dates of Creation
      1942-1944
  • Physical Description
      1 folder

Scope and Content

Consists of:

- Correspondence in response to proposals in Glasgow and Clyde areas towards some form of compulsory treatment of venereal disease; concerning letter to the 'Glasgow Herald' and 'The Spectator'; enlisting support from Glasgow MPs for Mrs Tate's 'prayer' that Regulation 33B should not be implemented

- manuscript notes of names and addresses

Press cuttings:

- 'Letters to the editor. One on venereal disease from woman in Glasgow' (1942)

- 'Increase in venereal disease. Startling Glasgow figures' from 'Forward' (17 Oct 1942) and photograph of Scotland's first railway policemen