00884pab a2200181 454500 180718b2000 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ramanna, Mridula Control and resistance: the working of the Contagious Diseases Acts in Bombay city 2000 p.1470-476 22 Apr Focusing on the 1870s and the 1880s, the article looks into the controversy generated by the Indian Contagious Diseases Act among colonial officials and native Indians regarding the act's efficacy and implementation procedures to curb the spread of venereal diseases among the residents, especially the soldiers and sailors, of Bombay. - Reproduced Diseases - India - Maharashtra Infectious diseases - India - Maharashtra Infectious diseases Economic and Political Weekly 44503 44503 44503 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 35, Issue no: 17 AR44913 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR