A SELFLESS REFORMER: A CORRECTION [To the Editor of the
SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In thanking you for your article in the Spectator of April 21st, entitled " A Selfless Reformer," I am asked to point out that there never were " licensed " houses of prosti- tution in England. Brothels were tolerated in many of the naval and military towns, provided that the women in them were registered and subjected themselves to periodic medical examination, but they were never licensed in the sense that the State gave a formal sanction for their existence, or received any monetary consideration from them. There was another difference between Great Britain and other countries in that, thanks to the work of Josephine Butler, the system of registered prostitutes was never extended to all the towns, but only to naval and military stations.—I am, ALISON NEILANS, Secretary.
The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, Orchard House, 14 Great Smith Street, Westminster, S.W.1.
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