THE SOCIAL DISEASE.
EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION.
NEGLIGIBLE IN AUCKLAND.
DUE TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.
A request for information as to the effect of immigration on the prevalence of ,venereal disease was made to the Auckland Hospital Board last night by the DirectorGeneral of Hospitals, Sir Donald McGavin, who forwarded a letter on the subject. The medical superintendent, Dr. C. E. Maguire, reported that there were very few admissions to the Auckland Hospital and as far as his recollection went, the number of newcomers to the Dominion admitted for this class of disease was negligible. He had received from Dr. F. Brown, who is in charge of the special clinic, a report which seated that practically all the cases treated there had been contracted locally. Dr. Brown had no reason to associate the disease in any way with immigration. Members of the board expressed the opinion that it was very satisfactory to learn that immigrants wore not responsible for the prevalence of the disease.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18762, 16 July 1924, Page 12
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162THE SOCIAL DISEASE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18762, 16 July 1924, Page 12
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