Ziekenhuis voor zieke prostituees Djoewana

This specialized hospital for women suffering from syphilis was erected at Djoewana, near Semarang  (Central Java) in 1903. It was closed in 1911, together with all the other institutions of this kind. It was a public facility, maintained by the NI Government.

More information can be obtained by consulting the Koloniale Verslagen of the period 1890 to 1911.

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