A V.D. PAMPHLET
THE SHADOW OVER NEW ZEALAND. Venereal Disease. Progressive Publishing Society. [t is a pity that such an important pamphlet should be so foolishly labelled. New Zealand is not "shad-. owed" by venereal disease, and it is just alarmist nonsense to hang a black and threatening hand over our sky (as the cover does), in direful warning. But New Zealand has its share of venereal disease, and there is enough information in this pamphlet to protect us against (Continued on next page)
(Continued from previous page) anything worse than that if we use it properly. The 15 pages written by Dr. A. D. G. Blanc are admirably clear, simple, intelligent, courageous-especi-ally about licensed prostitution. It is unfortunate that mo one can tell us how much venereal disease there at pre« sent is in New Zealand, but A. Martyn’s chapter shows how dangerously figures can be misread.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 183, 24 December 1942, Page 6
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148A V.D. PAMPHLET New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 183, 24 December 1942, Page 6
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