TACKLING A SCOURGE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18029, 18 January 1923, Page 2

TACKLING A SCOURGE.

SCIENCE CONGRESS DISCUSSION. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 17. At the Science Congress a paper was read on “Eel .cation as a Factor in the Control of Venereal Diseases,” by Dr. Sydney Morris, Director of Public Health, Tasmania. The main purpose of the paper was to advocate an educational campaign, beginning with the. child, in preference to legislative control. During the discussion that followed, Dr. Elliott stoutly championed the recommendation made in tho report of tho New -Zealand Commission, particularly provisional notification. ll© contended that the Royal Commission in England was not opposed to. notification itself, lmt expressed opposition to tho proposal for the simple reason that at that time there were no proper facilities for bringing it into effect. Dr. Wilkins, of the New Zealand Public Health Department, supported Dr. Morris in thinking that the question should be treated a» an educational rather than as a medical one. Wo should begin in a, frank, _ straightforward manner with tho child.

Dr. Harvey Sutton (New" South, Wales), president of tho section, said there was a very general consensus of opinion in favour of notification, and it should he given a very thorough trial before being abandoned. Ho sympathised with much Dr. Morris had said in favour of education, hut agreed with every word spoken by Dr. Elliott.