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illustrations and tables illustrations View of the Alameda de Paula with the San Francisco de Paula Hospital in the foreground [28] Contemporary view of the site of the San Francisco de Paula Hospital [35] Map of Havana (1857) [39] Exterior view of Havana’s hygiene hospital [59] Pharmacy at Havana’s hygiene hospital [77] Sleeping quarters for white patients at Havana’s hygiene hospital [78] Members of Havana’s hygiene hospital staff [79] Contemporary view of houses in Havana’s San Isidro neighborhood [103] Dispensary established in Havana’s tolerance zone within the barrio San Isidro [122] Mosquito Brigade distributing petroleum [129] External view of the Department of Immigration at Tiscornia [130] Floorplan of Havana’s hygiene hospital [138] Group of female patients in the courtyard of Havana’s hygiene hospital [139] Map of Havana (1909) showing the parameters of the tolerance zone [143] Contemporary view of the dispensary located in Havana’s San Isidro neighborhood [168] Anti–venereal disease cartoon [169] Advertisement offering an inexpensive cure for syphilis [171] tables 1. Population Statistics for Havana by Location, 1827 and 1846 [24] 2. Comparative Population Statistics for Cuba and Havana, 1827 and 1846 [25] 3. Prostitutes in Havana by Racial Category and District, 1869 [52] ...

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