Show Social Disease g Civili ns Alarms Official ial I Dr Walter Clarke New York Yorki executive director American Social Social Social So So- 1 cial Hygiene association reported on his arrival in Salt SaIt Lake City Monday that the venereal disease I situation in the armed forces Is fairly good what I am worried I about Is the evidence pf increasing prevalence of syphilis among civil civil- civilI I ians I II He came here to speak speak- at a I public hygiene conference Monday I at 8 p. p m. m in Spalding Memorial ball East First South street sponsored by the Utah Social Hygiene Hygiene Hy Hy- 1 giene glene association and other agen- agen agen agen- I cies des A dinner dipner m meeting will be beheld beheld I held at 6 6 p. p m m. at the Temple Square hot hotel l. l In Utah however the prevalence prevalence prevalence preva preva- lence of venereal Infections is ill very I II low he said It Is the fourth lowest state in the nation The The percentage Is less than 1 per rent cent among the I Dr Clarke said that social by- by giene work Is far more needed In wartime and the community responsibility responsibility responsibility re re- re- re greater than ever He said the challenge e to agencies and individuals alike under the forced draught of war Is to work together Adopt and enforce laws to prevent prevent pre pro vent the spread of venereal real disease is his edvice These include premarital premarital premarital pre pre- marital and prenatal examination laws Also laws against commercialized commercialized commercialized commer commer- prostitution and against i. i T T q quackery ackery he said I Encourage the provision of good times in hi g good od company for soldiers sailors and home town boys an and anI girls to counteract 1 vicious influences and to build higher m ni o 0 ra 1 I e e ehe he asserted Young people and adults need Information and advice about sex marriage and parenthood as a help to building happy and effective effective effective tive lives Jives he said t I I Sidney P. P Howell Nc Nc New York j Ifield field director A ASH S H A who has hasI I arranged the public meeting meting which will be presided ed over over by the Rt Rev Arthur W. W Moulton bishop of of the Episcopal diocese of Df Utah said in the first draft that out of there were between between between be be- tween and turned down because of venereal s. s He said now the army had hadI I decided to accept those with early II syphilis contagious but curable and early gonorrhea also curable I |