GRAVE PROBLEM.
FIGHTING VENEREAL DISEASE. Dy Cfthle \ssociation —Copyright. (Received 8 p.m., June 16.) June 16. Giving evidence before tlie Commit)sion of National Insurance, Sir James Barrett condemned tlio baby bonus as one of tlie worst Acts over introduced. It had not increased the birthrate oi decreased the death rate. Iho money would be much better spent on maternity institutions. - Referring to the prevalence o venereal disease, Sir James said that of every- hundred deaths m Meibom no hospital, thirty were syphilitic. Quite H) per cent, of expectant motliei., were affected with the disease, lie urged that die remedy was earty marriage and more complete education oil disease by wide
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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110GRAVE PROBLEM. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 June 1924, Page 7
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