Show educational campaign on syphilis S Is 4 sponsored throughout nation today is rational gat national ional hygiene day mid and what does that mean it means that today added millions of people will by various media of publicity be maile made waro of bf the perils of syphilis and gobor rhea the most prevalent of serious infectious infections diseases that same of these people will take and some others action and and that more progress in the reduction of these misery making maladies costly to both public ind and private purse will be recorded the american social hygiene hagle association and its national syphilis committee tell us that one in twenty adults have syphilis this figure was obtained through different group tests upon persons in some groups the incidence was quite low in iii others othera alarmingly high blib but the happier note Is that syphilis in a large percentage of cases yields to medical science and that it can be rendered noninfectious non infectious to others soundly the american social hygiene is association arld and its sponsors s or 8 are interested interested in prevention of venereal disease this Is accomplished plis lied through education du catlon of young people parents and expectant parents with elih the he work paid for by private contributions of a voluntary nature the association wants children chil dien to be born tree free of syphilis and many states now have bare made that easier through leg legislation sla it wants youngsters taught that sex a normal thi thing ng a part pait of life the abuse of which too fre brings sad physical mental and economic consequences it wants law lad enforcement and ade quate recreation to lessen lesion certain temptations which are known to breed disease but the association knows that with all the preventive measures too many many unfortunates mostly youths you con contract tract syphilis nevertheless and that this disease find and gonorrhea spread like wildfire Ild fire for this situation the procedure Is straight line discover treat regularly and find the source of the infection to prevent present further infection therease there ThereA Is sd a fine working alliance between federal state and local health officials and the american social hygiene association which organization inaugurated national social hygiene day in 1937 surgeon G general parran pays action toy by government Is not sufficient to deal with problems such as this iv which alch affects the whole people increasingly there Is needed a strong national voluntary agency through which citizens interested te cari can make itself felt fell we ve are fortunate in having such an agency in trie the american social hy Cont taud on lait par pact campaign on syphilis sponsored in na nation tion continued from frob page eone one i glene felece association and its national antt syphilis 8 committee every citizen who can caa read or who listens to his radio can learn more about the prevention of syphilis ali the Amerl american caa social hygiene association CO 50 west street new york city has information and advisory service for young vople people for expectant mothers and for parents it will guide interested clubs anh and groups of all kinds the association does not treat ireat infected Jer persons sous at its for the medical profession lio hospitals and health departments but not for quacks charlatans and unethical counter learn more about ey syphilis and you surely will guard against it I 1 |