Kapronczay Károly szerk.: Orvostörténeti Közlemények 202-205. (Budapest, 2008)
TANULMÁNYOK — ARTICLES - FORRAI, Judit: History of the politics of prostitution in Hungary (19-20th c.). - A 19-20. századi magyar prostitúciópolitika története
sons or groups and the modifications of police orders concerning brothels, the separation of the sick, and the scientific explanations given for the separation of insane people and deviants into madhouses or prisons. History of Regulation in Budapest In response to the spiritual influence of the Victorian age, the theme of sexuality became taboo and was neglected by the European public opinion. This attitude can also be seen to have had an influence on Hungary at this time. Although there were strict rules, prostitution was the only tolerated possibility for out of marriage sexual contact during the Victoria age. However, it took a long time for prostitution to move from being totally prohibited into an accepted and authorized form of sexuality. After the suppression of the Hungarian Fight for Freedom in 1849, the incidence of prostitution rose suddenly and, moreover, was backed considerably by actual policy. "People be merry" was the motto of Prottmann, Head of the Police Department, expressing the goal of the Viennese government accordingly he stated that prostitution serves well as a way "to let off steam". He suggest that extending the "sex-trade", to make people happy, was better than allowing further rebellions or political conspiracy, although it had the consequence of pushing back public health and morals. As a result of this idea, people abandoned politics., Brothels, inns, pleasure-grounds and disreputable dancing schools begun to spring up like mushrooms. A well organized and blossoming branch: the "flesh-market" began to expand. The city grew dynamically as the result of the inflow of considerable foreign capital, and through the development of industry and economy, banking and infrastructure. Pest, Buda and Óbuda - which up until that time were three independent cities - were unified in 1873 and from then the city was called Budapest. The number of prostitutes increased as a result of an influx of employment-seeking country girls, the shortage of jobs for women, and the desire to escape from the status of housemaid. In addition, the huge capacity of the fleshmarket multiplied the number of prostitutes in the city. Consequently, invisible but organized networks came into being, and pimps, runners, procurers found an opportunity for an investment-free, money-making business. Newly arrived, fresh girls were enmeshed and forced to work as prostitutes in return for promises of profits, thus influencing them through a special psychology. The council of governor-general declared in 1820 J that the city would treate all cases of V.D. free of charge (burden of treasury). In 1827 4 all prostitutes were required to make a compulsory visit to the clinic every three months. In 1835 it became compulsory for any prostitute with V.D to be admitted for treatment in hospital. The expansion of prostitution was backed also by the government, who aimed to settle the chaotic situation following the suppression of the nation's freedom war (1848-49). The city grew dynamically as a result of the inflow of considerable foreign capital, and through the development of industry and economy, banking and infrastructure. The capital 3 Linzbauer, X. - Chyzer, K.: Codex sanitario-medicinalis Hungáriáé. Budae. Typ. Universitatis. 1861. 20.178/ 1980. 4 Linzbauer, X. - Chyzer, K.: Codex sanitario-medicinalis Hungáriáé. Budae. Typ. Universitatis. 1861. 42.072/ 1827.
