A SOCIAL EVIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 3

A SOCIAL EVIL.

HON. DR. :: FINDLAY'S- PROPOSALS : '-: ,''-'}. ,' CRITICISED. };y} \}: }'\ '■'. VIEWS;- 6E!}DR.-:AMOLD} : I^AEP;};i^} ..-The.Hon.'Dr.'l'indlay:has;succeeded in;}V} . arousing } great)interest' in';. his-'; proposals}///■ dealing ■■ with '-.' the}w'ays anil }}' checking -tho snread}oryeher , e4}:disea^.};.}:; On -Monday / morning.'werd I published}, the' :- '}: opinions of ;such:},well;knowh v tl6calV'aii-};;. .thorities}<is;:pr"s.} ; eoUiiis,:}}Efert;;;}an : d 1 Cahill.■;., /Tlieir/reiuarks; hhye}/bech-:}read/ '}/ with the. •, greatest' iiiteresti': but : whilst/};}/ a 'great", many:, agree': wili/them/ii// siip?'!;;'/ porting Ur.-l-'inalay 's'/proposal; regarding ':}}; the':; compulsory:'..notification'}by„V doctors}*} and■• chemists./of/' every:"casd;»;,bvduglit},t;:under/ their, for- trea(meuty}.,tliere}}} are'.- others} who) hold /..quife I }the; opposite/: '■■■■. opinion.:,-' One}.of/tke>«;.ls}lJr,':/Aru;dd}// vizard; who 'states:-•//'//}/}}}':?}}-'■ !j,-'!-.? i 7. : M / "There: is :no/;- that/venereafe/dis);: ; i;v casaMs. alarminglyiprcvalent".td-'day}}aud}}--. also -it isv.the/duty; of :the".-Stafr:fp}a^}//-tempt; to/grapple.-'with this/Vexedi} and/}/ difficult problem.';.;;Dr}-l]indlay}hasvpro-1;:" pounded a: scheme /.which; however, much/; }: : vre 'may. differ, from, him;,' in" : his}vie'iys; 7 /// .we '.must}all/recpghise/.is/an};hlDnost/'ahd<'! : :} 'painstaking : attempt" '.to} : mihimise.}''s'this'}}? disease} I do not^for}dhe"ni<)inent}cdn-'};:•/ sider /that, compulsory /notification 'is.-.the.:^:, 'solution;; ; in fact//! .think/jthis/sehoitib■:>; will increase.-'the ..disease,'.:because':;;: so,}::;: ■many, will ndt.conie-to their/doctors ;fdr/-5-/ : ■'•efficient'.,treatment.:'.•'•; As' -sopn-'fias;- it}-Is;;'';■'■ /known// that} anyone -with/venereal':dig-.-;:}:': ;ease '/who 'cohsults': a'-'doctor- is.; to.be'ihp'Li-}:t.;. ; :ued'}to':}a}Department,>.of^vtheMSfßit6i;^}} \ -people ;will: sufter'/'anjv'pain"-;rather;::tKan v^f} '; be'.notified.;}: They the'}'!}, . disease;.- and ..it ,is:nveU-.::they.'.;}are -ashani:};- ; ed. •:•■■Jlatiy;-.^^^a}'',yduug.}.min:::.\rith ,: 'rtliis:};: disease .never'; comes: to'.', a} doctor,'simply.;:;}. i hecaUßC he,is: asliaiiied./to £aces,tlie};doo-;-'r:} ' tor;}.}How-:.much}'hidre}"will}ilie;}be;; ,i ;: ashamed, ;when};b.e;.kubws: that }h;e:'is;;'to;;}} .be : .ndtified' td:;:aT^^^^Department^^■};,q£S}}tKe ,'^i . -|Statei..-\'.l-^submit}that; the 'effepfeidY^nptirt-;'; . iflcation;.will}be,}td}dete'Fmnn.ahd:Srt I from';:> seeking ! : medical -,'-} advice; vandvltb v|; : s idrivethem'.tp.the} quack,'asp"ecidlclass}.of;i} 'which' will sprin'g'up tp:'treat:such} v case3;}- : }' . ,'Aa. long ias}they,..will xome./tpAtheiriddc-;}}}: ' tors'much'can : be done: ; to.}'miHgate'}the>>;} , evil by -prolonged vind.-.Vefficient}'lttrati.tf,;: me'nt,}and: much.done -'.bjr.iadvice:...tb': stdp;;.} : ;the}Bpread;:pf:;the};disease.};^ ' ; }:^i^.-What;:is^the;:Ne)(tf;Mp^ -.: Dr. }3?iiidlay/argues}that'.}the}:np;ti£ca^.}.;; Hon i'w'ill: be} secret," and'.dhly_}the}Eealtb.'} } : Officer '/will- ;kho"w, .which: ;.wiU/be}muctt'':'}. ; the; same}?as" though ; a':' second,}medical;::,;: . dpinioi^/h'ad-'been ; 'caUedv-in.;t.:But--,if vthaft:; : . be : so,/' are :we}dny}b'etter ,\6ff ?.};, What; is/J;} ['•' the :next}Vmdve? «.V; When\:the\/n'ame;tis..:':.- : .s6nt-:in,-:is':}that}:m.an}-tp} ; > and} patched*, 1 nieasur'es-'are;: to/beh'takbn-fmdre/peppls'.;}:. :. than}the Health 1 ' Qfiic'er:;niusti bp.ow,}indV}} ; -, areV'proinised?■'-}'---;}'-vi --'■ - Hi^tH &s-''-%-is*_ *} ,';ls';• it ■intende.d;}.td ; ■ •pftais > -'^an4 ,: dt£BreV;!.cdmpulsorfls: : ' , J' .them until'v'ciired.!:,- ,The-:'piilyVgdpd-*.th"af'r4'. L . will}coine}'frdm v ls}'that;-;we: i }will} ; haye/:,nwre,s:;fel^ figures}a'id }be|] in};a}better}/'p'ositipn}td r},s : kndw.- : :the,'pre"v).dence : ;.d£;}.this}disekse^ ' should'':like ■: itdpnow;. what? ;is}td;.. happen' -}, : to';thbse ; :• }sake; ;, ':refu'sev} ; toi.S ; ndtify.}.-,this^^^^^ There} aid/ many ;}df }us ywho/'/Trtsh' / .to,-:*'; ! ilive' in -conformity-':with: th¥''law;i}of ; ;.the>;'> -. : • and take : what perhaps .in these -utilitarian %,\ : days ! ; , ' diity}:td}tlie ! ; thd}s€cretsfdf:}the;.}doctdrfs ! i.cphsulting->;;.'; .' rod'ih /should: 'be' fas; respected.. as/those ./of.:;-. : :the/priest'in/c6niessional;;/-What,':;lvask,.}:} . is :to': : ,D6^ ; them;''> if, they/refuse ;.'td}., V ; jlayJthdv fine,'.;'seize: •. them;' and'.'thed'.wo.-.have/a;ga"md'-lmo%}as/•}} \ passive.'resistance,/:which'/has};causedv'so.y;.i ' much}' troubld} ; ih}:Engknd;; : }'lmprisqhft p : . tKem}' an4}make;--marlyire-iofivtteni^;: ; .^d;;;V. 'see-.Vhat>-an7:dutcryfcthere-'<mllv;b : has'been: arguedv.that^sdcioty}:'.has-;;thd;:,-:/; ; right ? to: protect.'.herself against'dangeroas}'};; r, irifedtions.v That 'of^cburse;: is'-j 1 tA'e. ; : ,and/diph'theria/are}righ'tly}:m'a i de./notip':;-:/; .' -able;.;bec'ausd'.:thpy ■: .public';6but r }this^ydpes,Tnot:.}apply}::td>;} ; .venereal/disease, i;becaiise '/-all .'^'knpwi-^ftßr.i.','.-; ;danger:;they.;ruh}who i', in/rthe'ni.y//} . }/}/ '/'Prisoners' I rr v ; Mueh.^mofe:gMd;/in--niy"dpmwn',}^uMx.. ; j ' -, Detention 'A'ct.-'subli;as,'is,in:forcd : in>Nejnr/} : iSouthSW.ales.-/Thci'e;a'idis'ea'sed/ijrpsfttete}j}; '■. }whd } is ?! ainionaco-!- to /the /public:';Heulth'-:./ ; ;is;:;brpught};before'/.the}; ~ given,:; -'say,:/;thr.M ympntfe ; ~Whild}shd/'is},servihg;:-her}-terni/sh6v.ia , cxamined^byjthe'prison. jin}:/- ■ 'his ".opinion} it';would}.])' o ; dahgerdiis'~'■? w'ii/ : liberate vher^}then,!the' 'priMhrKauthpritife's;}',' j. iave/pdwer-to detain Her beyonditha;J;er)n}}V.': :'. r / : 'the : isolated^i/Thefe} : ;thing:miist;be jone/but.ithe : /questip'n';isi- i -};/ ,what ?:} The/i-C:D}}AcU;i9 'uieless'TcKCom!;." y< i .'pulspfy}nptific.ati6n}/:mll ; /.'n'ot*:j :snggestion/ha3}bceii-''m'ado;th'at;-p;::s"criea';};^ : of' lectures/should} b'e'/giveni}but/it^/ia/';;'} yery /questionable;}wh'ether.}th?y/ dp/real/:} good.}. fMy v bwi/dpihipn;}ii-!::that/}'Spme}; j :; :}ecfarers o dp}mpre,':harm;;ffi ■, may!;lecture-to, ! iOOp:;ydung,';men,}and}'}of»:/; : theses they/ m'dy'dd /'"' 'abbutyioo,/but;}in/tlie};dther^9po'^the^ ■excite.' a;- : pfurieht;;^curiosity. }alwut} things .-;.y ;no:,healthy-tniiided/young ''nj'an;/:trdublea/} : ; •' }himself;:abdute:,,;s}/ ~}:?;}:'}}}} : };/}:'"}^}) : '} , 'v} •■ :}i'}-. :; ; i -;:/;?:.-Soni6) SH99"w n^^}}}: : .':,■'Are:^Ke'reV'tlieh' , ; : with/this ! ;. / '- : (l)}Tliej, ;; ~' -labour /shpuld'/be/'sd^/Udjusted}.that/,no.;;} ; .wpmaii;sliould'^bejdriyen,itd/prdstitution- ~ ; i/This'' r*-'}■„' ' m'ark > vfdr,tuh.atey-,)dbesinpt,,apply,"to,:New •.}-, Zealand, .-,but;:'itv;cert'ainlyv}dpes:.-'.tp ; /: ' -older ■:;;}};}:}, , ;-}.(2) YTheigfowth-'of.;. temperance} h'as';:been;--} : . ; . 'follpwed;..by}a/remarkabie';.:diminutidn': in : the ;; pfevalehw}pf l-':,this'disease}as/.:j'udged- . by ;the.'army}stit , hgures^at':our.::'dispp'sali;. : .'A glance at./.theV . Swiss.;'statistics.;shpAi;f.us/m . Vintage and/rimcs.df/baruival'.is'idllbwed. : / by: an dutburst/df/vehcrcal; disease;. £:;;, :: } . ■: (3)/Pliysical/exercises:—On} this};_subjccfc} >: Professor •'Ponloppidani/of ; thd-JJiiivJer'sity'.:.-,}. : / acts} so}strongly -the/irregularities}of -.the''}}; : ,imaginatiori ; sequent }'up6& : a:: lazy/.sede.hta'ryH Ufcj-}a(>)::--:;.-companied :}with" vdver'feeding' /ahd'lu'xu.ryv.} :than}bbdily}/exertion: :'an;d:} iiiethd(lical\.; pleasant; };;It:}develdps ! :::/' . force-yif/'character /and; eriergy.xwhicK/are:-, ; : i for /all'purbpses' in-life ■ aitd';ijbilityr/;-. . fe;}act^; ; ' not..coinpatable/witli/drmk' or/isexiialjex--::•-' !cess,"}h However;/'the/ mpdefnj'telidehj.y,.,:. , "of,, .athlejics 'is} that." ; 'tlie .m'any;.'watch}/;} // \:":^s^f:Si^'-'A''-' ! :' ; ;(4)' There shduld-be :no false/mpaesty in}.!}} this' m'Uter,}the} dangers; of _ venereal, > dis-/;}... ease' an'd .means/of ;preyehtibii':'shp'uld'-.'ba/;/; ; : known:..td all.';, and./'.personal/cleanliness,}:,';. dncdur'aged}}}';//':;.,...;}}:/}/}//:}}:}';'/}}! s i. (s),:Prevehtivp : :measures }shdidd J'al\v:a'yg./ : "';• ■be taken:when';the, pbject:is, ; notithejpr'd;]';'}.' creatibh /Pf children"." :'■ (fi) In/the'.artificial/separation /'of soses'iinsisted-;6h : 'iby.}modern>:sbcierV-;,can-}:?>'--Ixi found .one of /the';causes .'of/the"preva'}} }: Icnco .'of ■: this'.-complaint;} 7 Histdry/:nnd' V. : i'\ conimonsen'se/: tell} us-.that/So }system ! /6f/. }' co'sniogpny /-.has, :i eves /yet/'succeeded- i it-has ';been-'fdunde'd/oh'the. ! hormal;"and" ■•&■■'.' viiahiral '.iinit :;wliich/is,,; of/course, % 'KtHe }.: : famOys-:; } : }'}::}}}}:;}}}.};/}wf};/:V;}. : //; :': (7):A-'grave;Tesponsibility'rests' with* the.:. V 'parents aiid,teachers of-,tho ;younj-}}lW ' ; ' ;tess'br',Forell;;'bf.-.Zurich,-condemus'/itlie}'-:, system' of i'wliat'.ho'. terms' ''piou.^./false-.'. hood'/;.that;are told:t!io;.yonng.:-:;"At;Spmd; : . time, or/other/iil':every^child's;;lifd'.;there ,-' '. is: natural.cur'ibsitylto ;find: bute hljput/.tho.}.. /. origiu/ Of/ :lifo''.and-.-the/phcnomehoiv-r-o£';'V" birth..'-. .The. parents^'i.nstead:,'of; explain-'.' '•} ■ing .to';: the ■ child/a/natural process- tell:./ him- ''pious-falsehoods"'•about his .'origin/; : The ■-.child : ■'■' is"bound ; to- find"o'ut ''-sooner .' or -later/, and} surely, it is; better;, that ."ho should do soVfrbttV bis; parentsvahd!teach-. . ers tlian/frdm- bad; cempahions;. and; in-' : /decent .'publications/;}}, t : : j ,.//////'}■/-•■:'! '■ } :: -In,-, deaJihg-:with.; this :;qnestidn:'.we -can-'.'..}.'.' ndt'::liope./'forV ; absblutd'" r siiccess,/butV}wd-'::,; can have.tho, satisfaction of khowirig'that' ,'■■} ■ .every; dimihutipn.in:the rat'o;,of:.vehereal:,, :. disease not- only/means'more lie'althy'-'ihSfiV- . .'. and women -in .tho .community,}but}so :}.} many moio-who have: learnt the/virtue,of./ .'■'■■ self-restraint' and;:thereby}behefitecl}i;not ; ;/ ■} :on!y their bodies ' but,-.'-. also, -their/'chaS;-; J :;/ :acters.. '■ :i /;:,:.;/":;;,:-\/W':'/'■/}}://///:/;■