Details of “Employees� Books.
These are made of strong Japanese “Mino� paper, folded in four, and contain at least six such sheets. The cover is made of stout paper and the whole is bound together with an extra sheet at the back which is pasted securely to both covers (fukuro-toji). Remarks which should properly be entered by the Police cannot be entered by the holder. Roughly speaking, the books are divided into two portions; (a) entries re employer, employment, discharge, and date; (b) re changes in personal registration, domicile, or name; also re actions of the authorities.
The form of the books is as follows:—
| (Front) |
| Date ______________ |
| EMPLOYEE’S BOOK. |
| Name ___________________ Of No ______________ (name of village, town, district, county, prefecture, or urban |
| Lodging at c/o _______________ No _______________ (name of village, town, district, county, prefecture, or urban prefecture). |
| (Back) | |
Caution to employee carrying this book. | |
| 1.—Changes in registration of citizenship, domicile, or name, the date, and details of such changes must be personally entered. | |
| 2.—When employed or discharged, the date, house-name, and name of the employer, as well as all facts concerning such engagement and discharge, must be personally entered. | |
| 3.—This book must be constantly carried with you. | |
| Date _______________ | |
| No ___________ | Seal of the Police Station having jurisdiction. |
Specimen entries in an Employee’s book.
| Changes in registration of citizenship, personal status, domicile, and name. | Employer and date of being engaged and discharged. |
| Removed on the _____ day of the ___ month of the ____ year, to No. ____ (name of village, prefecture.) | Employed on the (___date___) engaged and discharged. by (____name____) of the (name of brothel or tea-house) of No. ___(ward) Shin-Yoshiwara. |
| Removed on the ______ day of (same as above.) | Discharged on the (___date___) by the aforesaid (____name____) upon the expiration of the term of service. |
| Matter of Disposition. Punished by the imposition of a police-fine of (amount) on account of (offence). Date _________ _____________ Police-Station. |
The Medical Inspection of Prostitutes.
Notification No. 39 of the Metropolitan Police Board, issued on the 10th October, 1900, under the signature of ÅŒura Kanetake, Commissary of Police, which superseded Notification No. 22 of March, 1894, provides for the medical inspection of public women as follows: