PACJE
six
VENEREAI.
DISEASE
Is
a
Major
Public
Health
Problem
Hark
the.
Campaign
lo
Stamp
it
out
Miissallem's
Economy
Store
J'lUNCE
llUl'TOT,
B.C.
SOCiAL
DISEASE
HITS-
ONE
out
of
ONE
THOUSAND
in
Sweden
SEVENTEEN
out
of
ONE
THOUSAND
in
Prince
Rupert
S.
E.
Parker,
Ltd.
ONLY
A
KNOWLEDGE
OF'
THE
TRUTH
ABOUT
DISEASE
Can
make
a
healthy
Prince
Rupert
,
LEARN
THE
FACTS
6
Ideal
Cleaners
Mtl'.ride
Street
What
do
you
Jtww
about
Social
Hygiene?
Read
these
pages
thoroughly.
Attend
one
of
the
public
meetings
during
the
week.
Listen
to
CFPR
Thursday,,G:;iQ
p.m.
Till
Spare
Donated
ly
Variety
Store
"Where
your
dime
aiv
Utile
dollars"
K.vi'MHAH0N
or
vice
Case
Against
the
Red-light
District
and
Commercializd
run
the
risk
of
getting
disease?"
That's
one
argument
of
th?
irfiderworld.
What
truth
tstheie
In
It?
It
has
proved
Impossible
to
get
oil,
or
even
most,
of
the
prosU
tut
in
n
mnvmnnitv
inw
nf
.....
...
.
.
".
..
Twere
iouna
inieciea
ana
t
any
anydisrict
oisinci.
!
,
on
"
Montreal
.
rooming
wniesa'f
houses,
raias
placed
under
treatment.
4
j
w,
.
snowea
mai
not
lewer
man
33
model
red-l:ght
district,
found
out
that
80
per
cent,
of
its
prostitutes
were
operating
outside
the
recognized
district.
Today
It
is
generally
accepted
as
a
Jact
throughout
the
world
that
for
eveiy
prostitute
in
a
segregated
area
in
any
city,
at
least
five
prostitutes
are
at
the
same
time
active
outside
the
area.
Far
from
controlling
prostitution
in
the
sense
of
limiUng
It,
the
existence
of
a
segregated
district,
with
licenced
or
tolerated
brothels,
makes
It
easier
to
Induce
new
gl:ls
to
begin
a
career
!rf
commercial
prostitution,
j
Here
is
provided
an
insatiable
rarket
for
the
procurers
who
re-j.uult
prostitutes.
Here
is
fur-Jiished
an
ideal
business
background
for
the
exploiters
who
,
Jive
on
the
earnings
of
prostitu
tion.
Investigations
conducted
by
the
League
of
Nations
of
the
TraXfic
in
Women
and
Children
in
most
of
the
civilized
nations
MAKKS
DEMAND
Moreover,
when
prostitution
is
easily
accessible,
men
form
the
habit
of
seeking
it
-with
fre-
men
for
prostitution
purposes
tutes
from-girls
who
might
other
The
underworld
asserts
that
the
segregated
and
regulated
prostitute
does
not
spread
disease:
It
Is
alleged
that
"she
knows
her
business
well
enough
to
take
good
care
of
her
stock-in-trade."
The
underworld
spreads
the
Idea
that
all
the
gonorrhoea
and
syphilis
cases
come
from
the
free-lance
prostitutes
and
the
"amateur."
AM.
TKOSTITUTES
INCOME
disi:asi:d
Since
practically
all
prostitutes
may
be
counted
on
to
become
diseased
sooner
or
later,
the
amount
of
harm
they
do
Is
measured
roughly
by
the
number
of
men
they
expose
and
the
damage
to
themselves
and
community
which
own
Infection
causes.
The
most
promiscuous
"charity"
girl
rarely
has
sex
contact
with
more
than
two
or
three
men
In
any
week,
whereas
the
prostitute
In
a
brothel
is
trained
and
aided
to
contact
sexually
twenty-five
oi
PROSTITUTES
SYPHILITIC
MONTREAL,
March
ll.-BIood
time
of
the
sexual
contact
or
r
!m
m"
mediately
thereafter,
even
he
knows
what
to
do
and
is
sober.
underworld
Is
lond
of
re-
that
nAJU.itlltlnn
"tVl
hmln...
'
THE
TDAILY
NEWTS
satukday
I4
4444
I
Spread
Of
!"
Infection
rrostitution
Denned
riamiy
physician
m
a
middle
!
western
eltv
asked
the
State
Health
Department
to
trace.
!
Prostitution
is
the
oldest
profession
in
the
world.
the
of
infection
in
!"you
can't
change
human
nature.
You
might
as
weJl
J
J?,
.."'"..'f:
!
.
infectious
In
i?l
quired
syphilis
41
r
1
At
I
face
the
facts.
There
be
s
always
going
to
prostata-
hls
practice.
The
infection
!
non
ni
the
world,
so
isn't
it
better
to
keep
it
under
of
all
three
was
traced
back
control
and
make
it
sanitary
bv
forcing
all
the
girls
t0
one
woman,
a
prostitute.
into
nne
district
and
hnvinrr
thorn
mmrl
W
n
Then
the
inquiry
turned
to
doctor
.so
they
will
be
safe?
I
Then
a
man
who
wants
to
satis-,
fy
his
animal
nature
can
go
to
i
the
segregated
district
and
not
persons
whom
these
men
might
have
infected.
It
was
discovered
that
one
man
had
infected
one
girl,
and
another
man
nine
girls,
of
!
whom
six
were
under
18
f
years
of
age.
Of
these
four
girls
In
turn
Infected
four
other
men.
In
all
24
per-
tests
for
syphilis
performed
on
Mna
were
examlned
and
,
84
women
arrested
on
Drostltn.
.
.
.
......
,
,
.
per
cent
were
syphilitic,
it
was
revealed
In
police
court.
Women
who
pleaded
guilty,
but
were
"tic
not
nut.
found
iuuuu
diseased,
uiraru,
were
were
mitted
their
guilt
and
wero
found
diseased,
were
also
fined
$40
and
costs,
and
then
committed
to
Jail
for
treatment
until
cured.
luency,
and
of
course
a
ed-liht
!
The
"c
HBU.e
Examination
released
on
payment
of
fines
of
c
KPnillfPfl
S40
and
costs.
Women
who
ad-
"tljuil
CU
For
Marriage
Apparently
few
persons
are
.
aware
that
there
Is
a
section
commercialized
prostitution
as
a
of,the
Mrre
Act
,wh'fh
method
of
safeguarding-
the
qulres
a
h!!'m
Cxam'?tl0,n
by
cal
to
safeguard
prostltuUon
from
spreading
the
venereal
diseases.
The
requirement
of
mechanical
and
chemical
prophylaxis
In
b.othels
is
not
practical
for
as
ters,
magistrates.
The
section
merely
awaits
proclamation
before
going
Into
force.
Section
49
of
the
Marriage
Lth.t
n"!
states
that
the
i-uor
of
the
"ZL,t.rC
c",ortca-
marriage
licen.se
must
see
the
Th,
f
ZXH
,,UC5,aV
hralth
certificate
of
each
of
the
ures
by
a
prosUtute
Is
difficult
,
.,
w..
u.
throughout
the
world
confirm
a
t
her
ousine
policj-
can
taue
Juch
a
,lcens
and
ihese
conclusions.
,
??n
l
twAom
the
official
performing
the
wed-
whlIeor
a
1t'
14
'Z
!"an
ding
ceremony
must
make
cer-
!.AS
SUITL
...,
v
often
not
easy
to
8dd1
at
th
.u
L
.
,.
.
.,
,
:
.
.
uut
such
a
iifaiia
rxam
Mlttrlrt
mr.lnv.
.v.
..,.
r.
l""as
"ie
,age-wojn
excuse
J-
.u
increasing
the
demand
for
wo-
-is
based
on
human
nature.
ad
.i,0'
"erS.
1
Demand
in
turn
increases
the
Ca,ot
stopP?d
supply.
Awaiting
his
turn
to
patronize
a
prostitute
is
a
seidid
experience.
A
man
avoids
this
if
he
can,
but
his
appetite
for
prostltuUon
being
artificially
stimu
lated.
What
are
the
facts?
In
the
study
of
the
old
"Bar-
Take
the
profit
out
of
the
or
ganized
prostitution
"racket"
and
it
dies
as
a
"business."
What
is
left
are
extra-martial
sexu;
alliances
and
contacts
whlc
men
and
women
seek
wlthou
the
exploltaUon
of
third-part
promoters.
v,oi
Ol
oan
rranCieCO.Innbllr
nnlrrtnn
,...
.
I
97
per
cent,
of
the
prostitutes
And
donl
forget
thls,t
or
were
found
to
be
Infected.
In
ganized
prostrtutlon
that
Is
re-the
old
Ba
timore
"district"
it
sponsloie
,or
much
h
lca,
and
was
found
that
96
pe
cent,
ol
moTal
degradation
as
well
as
the
inmates
had
a
venereal
dis-,
economic
loss
to
society
SC'
2,V?ertly
a
S0"11
l
The
underworld
often
tries
to
city
abolished
lis
district
be-
'justify
itself
by
claiming
that
oause
it
found
that
over
90
per
I
the
exUtence
of
&ttt
dls.
cenr
of
the
inmates
were
dls-
trlet
safeguards
respectable
wo-
in
hundreds
of
studies
all
,
ance,
,nguiti
and
rape
throagh
the
years,
down
to
a
(
What
has
been
the
experience
small
town
with
twenty
pfosti-!of
dUes
have
extinguished
.-.to
uutc
iiuuscs.
cacn
naa
,
the
red
lights?
a
physician's
"cerUficate
of
free-!
,
dom
from
disease."
but
careful
.
,
,,fi,,'TS,
u-ss
KAPE
examinations
and
laboratory
tests
shewed
eighteen
had
syph-
;
A
careful
study
of
these
cities
lated,
he
seeks
a
clandestine
snow
that
in
almost
every
case
prostitute
or
m2y
form
a
tempor-
itnere
less
lape
after
the
segre-ary
alliance
with
some
girl
who
gated
dltrlct
was
closed
than
is
drifting
toward
prostitution.
before-
Jn
no
case
Is
there
evl-In
all
these
ways
the
red-liaht
dence
lnat
the
repression
of
district,
the
licenced
and
tolerat-
j
Prostitution
has
resulted
In
a
ed
brothels
and
all
other
forms
of
commercialized
prostitution
are
constantly
making
prosti
"carnival
of
crime."
The
segregated
district
does
not
lessen
crime;
and
It
breeds
not
only
offences,
but
extortion,
wise
ruever
enter
the
llfe,and
cus-
bla-ma!l,
and
other
forms
of
tomers
from
bovs
who
mit?ht
.
crlme
and
exploitation.
otherwise
never
patronize
the
I
In
times
of
national
emer
brothels.
gency,
wnen
the
efficient
effort
of
large
numbers
of
men
in
both
military
and
civilian
population
Is
essential
to
the
successful
prosecution
of
the
war,
the
Illegal
business
of
disease-dispensing
commercialized
prostitution
constitutes
a
"Fifth
Column.".
The
costs
to
Canada
of
the
"business"
are
tremendous
In
time
lost
through
venereal
disease,
in
treatment
costs,
and
In
money
misspent.
The
greatest
cost
of
all,
which
no
amount
of
money
can
redeem.
Is
the
loss
of
health,
happiness,
and
self-respect
by
those
who
are
victimized
by
this
vicious
traffic.
The
Criminal
Code
of
Canada
permits
no
toleration
of
commercial
prostitution.
In
no
place
where
illegally-operating,
disease-dispensing
commercialized
prostitution
has
existed,
has
It
contributed
anything
but
sickness,
misery,
corruption,
and
de-
Kiauuuun.
ine
volume
of
venereal
disease
resulting
from
this
more
a
week,
and
frenquently
as
CTm?!!y
!lieT,
Ca,n
8rtltIy
,n
.
.
...
,
L..
-rcduccd
bv
ImP'e
expedient.
'
u,,c
"a
'Of
enforcement
of
the
Criminal
The
facts
nre
clearly
against.
Code
of
Canada
Careful
fulfillment
of
this
law
by
all
those
officials
concerned
would
do
much
to
control
the
fiiiviini
uwnuc
All
ic
WI1C
ll
hatband.
JOHN
DOE'S
;
TRAGEDY
Fair
-of
Yuunb
Man
WI1.1
T.mk
Syphilis
Trom
I'ruitltutr
John
Doe's
case
Is
Important
because
It
provides
a
clear
pic-tare
of
the
tragic
and
costly
effects
of
venereal
disease.
Here
are
Just
a
lew
of
the
known
results:
This
man
did
not
.know
that
he
had
syphilis
until
twelve
years
after
date
of
infection.
A
routine
physical
check'-up
Including
a
blood
test
1.
or
a
blood
test
prior
to
matriage
would
have
revealed
this
condition.
Medica)
care
could
have
been
started
In
time
to
save
him.
2t.
His
wife
was
infected
Innocently,
thus
adding
a
burden
of
personal
suffering
to
the
strain
of
caring
for
a
hopeless
invalid.
(3).
His
period
of
useful
employment
ended
when
he
was
only
38
years
of
age.
As
a
skilled
logger
his
services
would
have
been
Invaluable
today.
Ml.
He
and
his
wife
were
supported
entirely
by
public
assistance
for
six
years
at
a
cost
of
not
less
than
3.500.
His
wife
continues
to
be
a
public
charge.
5.
His
hospital
costs
were
paid
by
the
taxpayers.
These
amounted
to
more
than
$750.
health
of
either
the
men
or
the
evfry,
one
fore
aPPj',n
for
a
Irom
thte
unlon
marriage
license.
The
onus
is
women
concerned.
lrig
nothing
to
the
future.
No
city,
by
any
system
of
medj-
L
.JT
f
,7'-
"
actulred
hu
,nff-
"d
n
fom,"B
1
inspection,
has
yet
been
able
hoj
tion
from
a
prosUtute
Had
com-
the
ceremonies,
such
minis
merclallied
prostitution
beea
1
suppressed
at
that
time
the
I
chances
are
he
might
have
j
avoided
infection.
To
summarize,
this
man
saf-feted
greatly;
his
wife
also
suffered;
Industry
tost
the
Jerries
of
a
skilled
worker,
and
the
taxpayers
footed
an
expensive
bill
Sure
Way
To
.nation
has
taken
place
by
the
V
aar
Plnnn
when
couple
before
he
can
sign
theiP
liedll
marriage
cerUficate.
The
man
who
wUhe
to
keep
fret
of
syphilis
and
gonorrhea
-will
shun
prostitutes
and
"pick-
Anyone
who
becomes
Infected
m-
.
mivuiu
sw
v
s
ar
uwwt
UIIVC.
,11c
suso
requ.r-
Abovf
a
aT0,d
tne
mofitly
,,nd
ed
tha
Uie
fuU
detaU,
and
re-
-qawk
-
Aingcfom
Qne
should
suits
of
the
exam
nation
of
the
Uml
hlmwlf
The
one
Is
known
to
the
other.
1
and
menta,
lnatUuUoni
w
persons
who
"knew
what
to
do"
The
rate
of
sex
delinquency
or
followed
the
advice
of
I
rlends
and
the
rate
of
venereal
disease
And
lastly,
no
one
should
ex-
When
organized
prostHution
In
a
city
run
parallel.
pose
anyone
else
to
infection.
exists
tn
a
city,
it
exists
because
SIX
EDUCATIONAL
PATHS
To
the
Control
of
Venereal
Disease
in
liritish
Columbia
Factual
Information
About
Venereal
Disease
Uninformed
or
misinformed
persons
do
not
recognize
readily
the
dangers
associated
with
syphlllls
and
gonorrhoea.
Jt
Is
essential,
therefore,
that
the
facts
be
made
known
to
them.
This
Is
being
accomplished
by
the
use
of
literature,
lectures,
films,
radio,
newspapers,
and
other
educational
methods.
By
such
means
It
is
hoped
to
create
not
only
a
better
.understanding
of
the
facts
about
venereal
disease,
but
a
desire
to
assist
In
the
solution
of
this
problem.
The
Diacnoiis
and
Treatment
nf
Venereal
Disease
Without
adequate
diagnostic
and
treatment
facilities
it
would
be
Impossible
to
stamp
out
venereal
disease.
British
Columbia
has
such
facilities,
through
Its
private
physicians
and
Provincial
Government
clinics.
A
continuous
educational
effort
Is
rrqulred
to
make
sure
that
these
facilities
.
are
made
known
to
and
used
by
Infected
persons.
Surrpre?rfon
of
Commercialized
rrostitution
Commercialized
prostitution
is
the
greatest
reservoir
of
venereal
disease.
Because
so
much
fallacy
and
misinformation
has
surrounded
this
vicious
racket,
it
is
understandable
that
some
well-meaning
citizens
take
the
stand
that
prostitution
should
be
"regulated"
under
"medical
supervision."
Although
this
plan
seems
logical,
IT
DOES
NOT
WORK
IN
PRACTICE.
Public
Health
authorities,
progressive
law-enforcement
agencies,
private
citizens
and
organizations
who
value
the
health
and
happiness
of
their
communities,
and
the
Criminal
Code
of
Canada
all
demand
that
commercialized
prostitution
be
suppressed
vigorously.
By
educational
means,
the
Provincial
Board
of
Health
seeks
to
extend
this
enlightened
public
opinion.
rremarital
Rlood
Testing
The
Importance
of
routine
premarital
blood
testing
as
a
measure
of
mutual
protection
Is
gaining
wide
acceptance.
While
the
discovery
of
syphilis
by
this
means,
before
marriage,
would
be
disquieting,
It
would
be
less
serious
than
such
a
discovery
after
marriage.
The
further
education
of
the
public
will
create
a
sound
attitude
toward
this
Important
public
health
aid.
Prenatal
Itlood
Testing
The
detection
and
early
treatment
of
syphilis
In
expectant
mothers
can
prevent
the
tragic
Infection
of
babies
in
95
per
cent
of
all
cases.
It
is
Imperative
that
this
hopeful
fact
be
widely
publicized.
Abolition
of
Qiurkrry
Only
a
physician
is
qualified
in
diagnoHc
or
treat
a
venereal
infection.
The
"quack"
(any
unqualified
person)
who
purports
to
d
agnose,
treat,
or
cure
syphilis
or
gonorrhoea
does
bo
Illegally
and
with
complete
dUregard
for
the
welfare
of
his
Patient"
Through
education,
this
form
of
exploitation
will
be
more
easily
recognized
and
avoided.
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