VEILED DISEASES
EVIDENCE OF A COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS. By TVjlczroph-Press Aeßoclation-Copyrteht "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Ssrvicee. (Rec. May 11, 5.35 p.m.) London, May 11. Before tlio Venereal Diseases Commission, Sir Herbert Smalley, Commissioner of Prisons, gave ovi'dence that under two per centum of persons admitted to tho local prisons suffered from venereal disease. Seventeen per centum of the prisoners in tho convict- prisons showed symptoms of syphilis. Ho did not, he added, favour'a system of compulsory notification as a remedy, but recommended that freo treatment * sliould bo roadilv accessible to stem sufferings of those afflicted:
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5
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95VEILED DISEASES Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2146, 12 May 1914, Page 5
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