VENEREAL DISEASE AND OCCUPATION TROOPS
Sir,—Lord Moran gives the certified annual rate of venereal disease in the occupation forces in Japan as 228 for every 1000 men. This, he adds, “is only a fraction of the number who expose themselves to the risk of disease . . . (the figures) mean that during the conscript’s time abroad his experience in the Army is a demoralising experience. To segregate young men under these conditions at the beginning of their lives is a poor preparation for the more serious view of life on which alone we can hope to build . . . Not long ago a man of affairs . . . said to me: ‘These figures are awful. I am glad I have no son who will have to go to the occupied countries.’ I believe he was speaking for the nation.” As there are many New Zealand soldiers engaged in leading the Japanese to democracy via atomic bombs and bayonets, the above is interesting.—Yours, etc., L: A. EFFORD. March 13, 1948.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25448, 20 March 1948, Page 8
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