ltisored
by
the
Health
League
of
Canada,
and
locally
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Health
Unit
and
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commera
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MARCH
II,
1944
ational
Drive
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II.
ONLY
WAV
I'mnI
.
i
t'nst
The
Supreme
Sorrow
of
w
Social
Hygiene
Week
f
rorlamattmt
WIILREAS,
I
have
been
told
that
the
venereal
disease
are
Canada's
moi
terioua
wartime
health
iroblwn,
affecting
the
efficiency
yf
the
turned
ni(i,
the
industrial
outwt,
am!
the
health
ami
welfare
of
many
thouMimU
of
our
rxjojrle;
end
WHEREAS,
theic
diaesut
strike
at
the
home
ami
the
community,
causing
great
suffering,
unhaiinaw,
invulidUm
ami
early
death,
and
WHKitKAS
many
of
the
victims
of
thase
diwtweg
re
bable
and
others
who
are
innocent
of
any
wrong;
and
WHKitKAS
the
treatment
of
thw
diseass
ami
the
rare
of
dependent
families
imxjua
a
heavy
financial
burden
on
families
and
the
community;
and
WHKitKAS,
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
in
co-oierutkm
with
tin
Health
Ixwgue
of
Canada
ami
the
ublic-hilth
authoritios,
proix$e
to
yiwvrvr
March
13th
to
March
18th,
1014,
as
Social
Hygiene
Week,
as
4!r
focal
jwint'for
n
program
of
public
education
in,
these
maUors;"-4
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I,
H.
M.
Daggett,
Mayor
of
the
City
of
Prince
KuK-rt,
do
hereby
proclaim
March
13th
to
March
18th,
as
Social
Hygiene
Week,
and
do
hereby
urge
all
people
to
jinite
with
responsible
leaders
in
the
rumiaign
again!
syphilis
ami
gonorrhoea
in
observing
this
week
and
imrtMnating
in
the
campaign
to
fallow.
I
Ch
en
under
my
hand
and
sea,
at
Prince
'
Rupert,
B.C.
thl
tlDth
day
of
February,
in
the
Year
of
Our
Lord,
One
Thousand,
N'ine
Hundred
and
Forty-four.
H.
M.
DAGGETT,
Mayor.
Motherhood
is
to
Discover
Innocent
Victims
of
Disease
4
l
-
l
.
(V'ctni-Publie
x'ty
can
..I)
a
"Un't
hc
lovely!
ui
ill
mi
iitv
Thta
is
the
great
tragedy
ol
motherhood!
The
llnlM.rn
Child
a
,i
.p
!
Prenatal
or
"congenital"
yp1-
;
-.ua
the
"I
disenso
contractl
by
the
jwj,y
should
ask
her
doctor
for
a
.
Kicbul-i
''"''y
during
prrgnacy.
It
is
duo
,i0(M
jMi
n
pregnancy.
If
to
the
actual
pusnago
ol
the
sypn-
(ne
tPt
is
positive
she
can
tako
ilitic
germs
fro.m
the
mother's
B,ivBntage
of
tho
almost
certain
Mood
to
the
unborn
child.
The
protection
for
her
unborn
child
infection
may
cause
its
deutu
uur-ing
pregnacy,
with
resulting
mis-carrlnjre
or
still-birth.
Of
those
babies
that
Hro
lrn
alive,
many
will
die
In
the
first
few
months
nf
Infunov.
OtlipiK.
which
seeimnl
which
her
doctor
or
clinic
can
provide.
In
this
way,
and
in
this
way
only,
can
prenatal
syphilis
bo
stopped.
The
key,
then,
to
tho
prevention
of
all
prenatal
syphilis
Is
a
,.(.
...i
...ihm
.1.
....
-i
iii-iitp.
n...
,.
ing
uiscovery.
rreiuuni
ji
-
un-
--
,
ilj..
,
"
"wo
who
nut
be
prevented
In
nine
oui
oi
age
oi
me
.m..
......
(
irtMi.
it
.
....
.
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i
r
ii.n
ay.
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o
j
icn
enses
uv
ireaimeiu
u'
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,
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....
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ttlmu.
.
...
...Ill
!...!!-.,
In
HVnh
1IX-
I
;
Wliat
a.thrill
to
hear
thi-ne
words
from
admiring
friends
;
and
relative
when
you
proumy
nave
a
new
nuuiuon
to
ine
family
brought
out
for
inspection.
And
yet,
not
all
mothers
are
permitted
to
enjoy
this
wonderful
experience,
rive
times
out
or
six,
mothers
with
untreated
syphlis
in
this
province
arc
destined
to
lose
their
children
at
birth,
or
to
bring
them
j
Into
the
world
dineaeed,
blind,
or
i'
ramd
i
i
f.
i:r
syphilis.
In
fact,
women
often
show
mi
outward
signs
of
tho
discHc
at
all.
Kspecially
Is
this
Hue
of
pregnant
women.
Auk
lilood
Test
!
thus,
every
woman
expecting
a
V.
D.
Sources
In
Arrested
Persons
Twrnty-four
of
Tenly!etrn
Women,
in
l.cal
Jail,
Affrcled
During
a
specific
period,
27
women
who
had
been
arreMcd
in
various
charge,
and
had
appeared
in
court
in
Prince
Ru-perl,
ere
all
given
phjhicsl
elimination.
Wood
tests
were
taken
and
analyels
for
venereal
dieM
were
made.
In
21
of
the
women,
(he
lcU
for
gonorrhea
were
positive.
In
three
of
the
remaining
six,
syphilid
was
present.
And
remarkably
enough,
few
nf
the
women
realiied
that
they
were
Kuffering
from
either.
Treatment
was
given
in
all
ra.srM.
Only
a
physician
Is
qualified
to
dingno'e
and
treat
h
venereal
in
fection.
Keep
away
from
the
"Quacks."
lyphillis
or
jronorrohoea.
nwure
of
tbo
"ct
that
they
have
They
can
suggest
This
is
why
a
blood
test
-
iniy
H
DIOOU
tesi
will
mu..-
..
I.
nilnl
...
.
.(...
lu
has
f.nrlv
ri)
in
m
pregnancy
i
t.
i
is
easenuai.
whether
or
not
a
mother
You
ran
art.
INSIST
UPON
A
1II.OOII
TliST.
PUBLIC
MEETINGS:
CO-OPERATION
BY
DOCTORS
Almost
one
hundred
per
c?nt
co-operation
by
the
intdical
profeMion
in
Prince
(
Rupert
ha
been
one
of
the
factors
that
hag
given
the
local
health
unit
confidence
thai
vemreal
disease
in
the
eity
can
be
controlled
and
gteally
leatened.
In
a
itateraeut
to
the
preM.
Y
Dr.
Knipe
ezpre
aed
warm
Railsj
Medical
Officers
O.K.
Of
Nation-Wide
V.I).
Drive
!
i
MONTREAL.
Que
.
Mar.
11
Ac-tlvitj
of
the
Junior
Chancer
of
Commerce
in
the
drive
against
venereal
di
:t
has
been
applauded
by
Dr.
K.
E-
Dowd.
the
chief
itedical
officer
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
The
Junior
"AH
will
applaud
the
active
sup-'port
which
the
National
Health
Committee
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Comerce
of
Canada
is
giving
to
this
fine
national
purpo-e.
and
will
wish
it
the
full
success
which
it
deerve."
Syphillb
and
Gonorrhoea
are
I
curable.
Let's
stamp
them
out
I
Commercialized
prostitution
is
the
greatest
reservoir
of
venereal!
disease.
j
Syphillia
is
responsible
for
a
I
large
proportion
of
diseases
of
the
heart,
blood
vessels,
and
brain.
In
the
lust
war.
even
million
man
days
were
lo.t
through
the
incidence
of
venues!
disease
in
the
I
army
awne.
inis
mvoivru
'
:tfi(.000
men.
More
people
than
...
,
,
,
i
in
the
city
of
Vancouver.
Can
you
.No
honir
reined
v
has
ever
cared
...
,..,..
..u;
i
'
i
v
suiuize
wiiaL
jqu.uuu
sumifrs.
Venereal
DiseaseProblem
of
Prince
Rupert's
Public
Health
Campaign
Will
Bring
Full
Information
on
Subject
to
the
Public
by
Radio,
Press
and
Pittures
Report
for
1913
Reveals
Local
Conditions
Syphilis
and
gonorrhea,
dread
scourges
of
community
j
life,
ate
to
be
dragged
out
of
their
prudish
and
hu3h-hushj
hide-outs
by
the
Anti-V.
D.
Campaign
which
opens
next
I
appreciation
of
this
attitude
.week
under
the
sponsorship
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Com-t
the
local
physicians.
H-
merce
and
the
Prince
Rupert
Public
Health
Unit.
Public
Without
their
co-operation.
li.lle
can
be
done,"
he
aaid-
"It
ha
only
been
through
th
in
that
known
eaes
in
the
n;
are
reported
almoct
one
hundred
percent"
DESERVING
OF
FULL
SUCCESS
meetings,
newspaper
articles,
radio
talks,
posters,
in
fact,
j
every
medium
possible
is
to
be
used
to
bring-full
informant
The
situation
In
Prine
Rupert
es
regards
Venereal
Disease
is
a
matter
of
constd-ranle
concern.
Hundreds
of
dollars
have
been
rrent
in
the
InstalUt
on
of
prop'
it
equipment
for
treatment
of
af
Chamber
is
aJMed
Mh,
the
Health
t
feted
persons
aV
.
local
health
igue
xi
uanaua
in
me
rauca-
un,t.
Almost
lire
hundred
dol-
tional
program-
lars
in
medicines
havj
been
used
Writing
to
Joeph
Lichstein
dun-ng
the
first
six
months
that
National
Health
chairman
of
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Comerce.
Dr-
Dowd
said:
"The
prevention
of
the
spread
o
venereal
disease
has
been
the
sub
ject
of
njuch
dicuion
and
of
considerable
preventive
action
by
medical
and
public
bodies
in
recent
years-
The
eradication
of
this
disease
is
not
only
desirable,
but
necessary,
and
any
plan
based
up-'
on
sound
public
health
principles,
designed
to
prevent
this
disease
through
education
and
to
eliminate
it
through
medical
treatment,
de
serves
the
support
of
all
good
citl-,
zens.
i
I
PATIENT
CAN
AID
DOCTOR
ItrguUrity
in
Attendance,
Complete
information
Helpful
open
and
fighting
it.
The
Source
And
One
of
the
mo.t
vital
needs
in
tle
battle
to
control
venereal
dis
ease
is
the
full
co-operation
of
the
patient
Regular
attendance
for
treatments
is
necessary
The
more
navy
and
air
force
heads
arc
de-
pixprly
ruippel.
could
do
to
claring
whole
towns
and
districts
Herlin.
or
Tokio,
in
20
days?
et
:
out
of
bounds
because
law
enforce-
II
is
lmnnrutivu
iliui
il,.wo
vliul
'
thev
were
forced
to
laniruish
in
the
ment
officers
in
those
places
can-
henlthy
at
birth,
will
later
develop
i,
test
for
every
proKpectlve
fuctK
k,
wj,iey
publicized.
I
hospital
bedj
for
that
20
days
a'
not
or
will
not.
clear
up
existing
Igns
of
syphilis
such
h
Mint!-
n,p(ncr
Ufire
the
fifth
month
of
Your
physician
und
Provincial1
constant
source
of
worry
ami
ex-
vice
conditions.
To
the
young
man
new,
bone
defects,
loss
of
hour-1
CViry
pregnancy.
Hoard
of
Health
are
deeply
con-
j
pense
to
the
army
officers.
In
or
woman
entering
the
services
Ing,
Insanity.
Innocent
Victims
j
cerned
with
the
health
and
happl-
i
the
present
war,
100.000
men
were
taken
almost
entirely
out
of
civil-
Durlng
the
past
twenty
years
Kvery
year
thousands
of
Inno-
ness
of
the
citizens
in
your
science
has
made
a
"tart-:
w.nt
babies
are
born
with
this
munlty.
They
have
made
a
thor-
i
v
iari-u
largo
percent-
o.ref.'ni'
ouch
study
of
the
nrohlcm
of
nre-
natal
syphilis
and
are
in
a
posi-
Infecteil
and
aro
qulto
un-
tlon
to
deal
with
It
effectively.
rejeete.1
from
the
first
two
million
tan
life
and
Its
restrictions,
often
ii
ths
U-S.
inspectexl.
because
of
j
comes
the
impulse
to
flng
aside
venereal
disease-
This
mean
what
inhibitions
they,
may
have
that
of
a
proposed
half
of
a
mil-
1
had
before
and
try
everything
lion
needed
nun
rejected
liecauso
I
"now."
Not
all
of
them
do,
but
the
wurld
has
sought
to
put
this
of
thoso
involved,
the
infection
rate
course
uirJer
cover
ami
Ignore
It.
i
alarming.
All
our
soldiers,
sail-
instead
of
bringing
it
out
into
tho
lin
an)
airmen
are
instructed
in
I
MEREST
IS
NATION-WIDE
Splendid
Support
Giftn
Drire
From
Sea
to
Sea
TQRQNTO,
Mar.
II
Eazernes$
of
the
Canadian
public
to
learn
tiou
of
the
local
situation,
venereal
diseases
in
general
and
disea
may
be
coatrolled
wi
in-what
must
l)e
done
-about
them.
IdicatM
by
atUndance
at
nomeroui
C.
F.
McCarthey,
chairman
of
the
Junior
Chamber
committee
in
charge
of
the
campaign,
has
organized
a
full
corps
of
workers,
who
will
distribute
literature
and
information
for
all
those
who
wish
it.
In
close
co-operation
with
the
campaign
is
Dr.
Roger
G.
Knipe,
M.D.,
D.P.H,
medical
hialth
officer
and
director
of
the
P-ince
Rupert
Health
Unit
Dr.
Knipe
has
turned
-er
moving
picture
films
and
n
greet
deal
of
ii
formation
for
the
ouM-con
the
rubjecU.
i
community
meetings
on
Social
this
particular
branch
was
in
op-1
Hygiene
Days
held
across
the
Do.
.
eration.
The
doctor's
services
to
I
minion,
the
Health
League
of
Ca-
the
patients
have
been
free
of,
nada
reports-
charge.
It
takes
little
figuring
to
;
realize
the
vast
amount
of
money
j
syphilis
and
gonorrhea
are
cost-!
ing
the
taxpayers
of
Prince
Ru-'
pert,
to
say
nothing
of
the
suf-i
Generously
publicized
by
the
press
and
the
radio,
and
by
pablr
spirited
advertisers,
the
Social
Hygiene
Day
meetings
drew
capacity
audiences
and
in
some
cities,
hun-
fenng
and
anguish
the
individual
fafa
were
turned
away.
For
and
often,
the
family,
feeL
j
tbote
unable
to
attend
the
special
Here
is
a
reprint
from
the
an-
j
aeetings.
other
opportunities
will
nual
report
of
the
Prince
Rupert
be
offsred.
Public
Health
Unit
of
Venereal
j
in
minj
plaees.
mayors
and
Disease
in
this
city:
j
0ther
civic
administrator
are
gi-
193
Case
ing
strong
support
to
the
efforts
"One
of
the
greatest
single
pub-
0f
the
h
with
League,
the
Junior
lie
health
problems
m
Prince
Kup-
chamber
of
Commerce
and
other
ert
is
the
control
of
venereal
dis
ease.
There
was
a
total
of
193
eases
of
venereal
disease
report-
'
regular
the
treatments,
the
sooner
i
the
patient
is
discharged
as
cured.
Secondly,
and
just
as
vital,
the
patient
should
give
all
information
regarding
the
source
of
the
disease
to
the
doctor
treating
the
cise-
In
this
way.
the
party
from
whom
the
patient
made
the
contract
can
be
brought
in
for
treatment
also.
This
will
probably
save
countkss
othera
from
suffering-
This
information
given
by
the
patient
is
held
in
strictest
con-fdence,
and
the
source
never
learna
from
whence
the
knowledge
of
his
or
her
condition
came
VENEREAL
DISEASE
IN
RELATION
TO
SOME
OTHER
DISEASES'
!,r
Infections
reported
in
Prince
Kupert
area
in
1913
VENEREAL
DISEASE
1J3OT
MEASLES
73m,
WHOOPING
COUGH
24m
SCARLET
FEVER
9M
MENINGITIS
9M
DIPHTHERIA
GH
TYPHOID
FEVER
It
supporting
organizations
to
bring
about
public
appreciation
of
"Ca
nada's
major
wartime
public
ed-for
the
year
1913.
giving
an
Jusalth,
prS
approximate
rule
ui
i
-t-J
criib
per
thousand;
71
oer
cent
gonorr-i
Continued
on
page
8
Among
national
organization
which
have
lined
up
with
tha
Health
League
for
the
vahmtary
doeational
program
is
the
Canadian
Pharmaceutical
Asso
iation,
with
3.800
member
stores-
A
feature
of
February
2
was
th
address
by
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie
minister
of
pensions
and
national
health,
over
the
national
network
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation,
He
was
followed
on
the
air
by
the
ministers
of
health
of
most
of
the
province!,
or
their
deputies,
speaking
over
provincial
Hygiene
Day
was
only
the
firing
of
the
gun
for
a
year-round
program
the
Health
League
points
out-
It
was
an
occasion
for
urging
tb?
community
support
of
more
intensive
effort
to
follow.
Si
Greater
Among
The
Civilians
To
those
in
Prince
Rupert
who
think
otherwise,
it
may
V
be
enlightening
to
learn
that
the
prevalence
of
venereal
di?ease
in
this
ctty
is
great-
er
among
the
civilian
popu-
lation
than
In
the
services.
360,000
Fell
Before
the
Raids
of
V.-D.
social
hygkne
and
equipped
with
ages
of
a
disease
that
depends
up-regulation
kits.
The
facts
are,
on
crime,
prostitution,
bribery
and
!s
is
rrantl
rresented
to
to
thorn
them
iranmy.
f
ranklv.
and
"mi,
,
relaxed
law
enforcement
for
its
Now
the
civilian
population
the
source
of
venereal
duease
in
i
this
will
do
a
great
deal
in
our,
-Nery
existence.
Only
one
great
the
Brmed
services-
Throughout!
light
against
venereal
disease
to
army
Is
so
tree
or
venereal
diseasj
the
U
S
A-,
and
Canada,
tlw
army,
overcome
the
prejudice
of
discuss-1
as
to
be
almost
clean
and
that
Is
ing
it.
Nevertheless,
thousands
of
the
Soviet
army
Whyf
Are
con-m?n
are
tied
up
and
millions
of
!
ditions
in
Russia
different
(4
dollars
worth
of
equipment
lie
WIe
Canada?
Arc
the
people
more
because
of
the
lack
of
interest
or
anxious
than
we
are
to
have
a
sense
of
.-hame
with
which
the
clean,
disease-free
country
T
Are
elthvns
sidestep
their
duty
the
there
more
mentally
deficient
girls
duty
of
cleaning
up
the
eommuni-
J
r,d
women
here
than
In
the
Sovl-
ties
and
doing
away
with
vice
and
j
et?
Or
Is
it
only
because
Ruisia
its
attendant
evils.
Not
Knough
It
isn't
enough
to
buy
War
Itonds
and
sit
bark
with
the
satisfied
air
of
having
helped
the
war
effort-
All
this
revenue
Is
needed
to
finance
our
war
effort,
not
to
pay
for
the
cleaning
up
of
the
rav-
has
taken
the
money
out
of
vice
end
educated
the
p.ople
to
the
resultant
dangers
of
the
disease?
The
last
reason
Is
the
greatest
single
factor
In
Its
reduction,
but
the
other
questions
can
be
known
by
the
progress
we
in
Canada
make.
Staff
House
Dining
Hall,
Monday,
March
13th,
at
8:00
p.ra.
Navy
Drill
Hall,
Wednesday,
March
15th,
at
8:00
p.m.
No
Charge!
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