VENEREAL DISEASE.

White Ribbon, Volume 29, Issue 342, 18 December 1923, Page 6

VENEREAL DISEASE.

u White Ribbonera, h la with :<■- pain and keen ippointment that 1 learn thai there membera o| th, W .C.T.I „ in i m» .1 that the) are In favoui of the proposal to make venereal ihs»-as«-s coin pulaoril) notifiable. T 1 who fought the m< keningl) lons ' ght for the repeal of the ii famous CD A< ta are Himpl) aatonlahed ai hearini that there tallj w .c :v tI w.»ni. d a I ling • to nea meaeujea 1 hai a ill pei some of the scandalous abus< Ml.' ; Tin w C.T.I fought foi and obtain ed th< -nil.null's.mii. nt (.1 women In order that the) might do their part In tin protection of the home and tin np lifting i>t humanity, [a it too much to hope, na\. to • \|" < '. t hat the) a ill atud) a question nearl) con corns themaelvee and their children. The w C.T.I la t h. moat powei ful ao <>r women In the world. It la the largest and most powerful ao '. v a Zealand. Ita objects and the higheat that are knoa 1 ■ ■ and high minded women, who are accustomed In Ihelr deal with thli the) well as to i"im i'! ai- .'i w hut 1 I"' "ii"' The) ha\ c looke«t l \ Into t his quest ion of "I'ompul • ation," \\ in. h seems rational.' and the) have enquired Into its workings In other ("itnt' And th' ' the <i>n< In Hionf .I .it BOt h\ 1 fan l"i al ira i»ut i>\ meetings of experti In evil, ' xpei ts "t* worhl u iM" • n <nu w C.T.I lead* 1 have found that "Oompulaoo Notification" l* a failure In othei countriea. Th»-> have found that the meet Ings of experts ed to endorse "t tompulaoi > nott \inl oui hav< come ta th" conclusion thai <»ni> 1 clean iit'<' I" 1 waj a ith v ti.i. nl diseases, and the) urge education on the question of

'I purit) In Hm iiH-nntnni . the) advoaali Free Clinks foi thi treatment of mnocatrt or Kinity MflMvn from these 'liradiul diseases. Thos" who m not familiar with th" 'ii.|.. 1 nam) ash What is the 1 • lion to notification? < H hei 1 antagioiiN ■ notifiable, wh) should v< nei. excepted? Bi lefl). is 1 hat the tend* nc) of no of V.D. la to in. nt. to drive th" evil underground it ahouM be remembered thai while th- re are man) sufferers from V D. \\hn quite Innocent >el venereal dli ea have 1 "pedigree of \k e" behin l th. in and the) arc aaturaU) con 1 la be shameful No decent man 01 \\" man would rJkt it to i>< known thai he ihe had one ..i* t hei • dis< • And, unlike smallpox or acarletlna, the) easil) ' "ii ealed, and moat pat lenta ai t ext remet) aenaltlve to the r- ai of dia> The possibility of publ would tend lo deter them fi-on doctoi ai the .ai l\ h\ the m hen it is most readil) curable \ii'i therefore, while it la true thai "in" ih>< toi 1■ ■ "mm. tui not Mention, Ihe Royal < S mm I rid, hai ud ed the whole question foi over two y< reported uuanlmousl) against not t "ii mi the gi ound I " \ i". syat< in ■■' ' ompulaoi > ti eatment defeat ' I we hai vi. w, a huh is to secure act urate dianosis and adequate treatment at the earliest possible moment for the largest numbei of mffer Ifli at lon, condlt lonal or <>i hei w impulsion. As Di I' >ug a Whit ask - "Is it equitable i" an j to sir era, 'We cannot force you lo come fo treatment, but If von do come, we shall make you ata). unit Those in. nil- : • of oui 1 moil aho are the dreadful scourge of v I v should abandon Ihe chimera of not I tion, and urge the Gov* rnment lo insist on Free (MinU beh pstah i- h> .1 In ever) 1 enl I<■ <>i population, if an) member of Ihe tfIT.C.T.U f< that she would hk. to look Into and study the question foi herself, I would mmend her to appl) t<> Mrs Field, our Ijibraralan, for literature on SUbJed Mrs Plaldfii ...ill'.- "Tho Rock - Nelaon I lira faithful!) K \\ SHBPPARn