A MENACING DISEASE
COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION ' URGED. By Teleßrriiph—J'rf'ss .A "socJation. Hamilton, .Tune 27. The Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board passed a strong resolution urging.tho Minister of Public Health lo make compulsory the notification ol venereal disease,Valso suggesting Hint legislation be enacted refusing tko issue of a marriage license until the contracting parties produced certificates that they \rero free of disease.. Dr. Douglas, medical superintendent of tho Waikato Hospital, strongly supported. Members slated that it "was timo that tho gloves were. taken of! and secrecy dispelled. The disease was a deadly menace, and the latest figures were, disquieting.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 7
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98A MENACING DISEASE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 7
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