Show VENEREAL DISEASE IN STATE OF UTAH in this state so outstanding for its natural beauty and its early formative history it is sad but true that syphilis and gonorrhea have forced their way into lives of thousands reads a bulletin issued by the skateboard state Board of health but estimates place the number of syphilitics at or more and several times this number are victims of gonorrhea the te e diseases eases are spreading in ulah at ai the rate of several thousand annually and even so as a state we are not as saturated as the average for the entire united states this last fact may be quite consoling to many but should we continue the present system of control then eventually utah will take a place alongside those les leis fortunate states many communities may j eel creel that they are free from these di diseases and possibly some gome few small communities do not have any such cases in their m dit but every part of utah is involved either fr directly or indirectly the citizens and taxpayers are now bearing the burden of upkeep of many whose lives have been wrecked by venereal disease utah is now having more cases of venereal disease annually than typhoid smallpox diphtheria infantile paralysis and epidemic meningitis combined when the citizens of utah come to realize and admit the presence and prevalence of these diseases in every class of society when the damage is appreciated when it is is dundei understood stood that thousands of men women and children are made martyrs each year and that such is avoidable and unnecessary then results will come leading to their eradication to have or get one of these diseases is no more a crime than having smallpox or diphtheria all are diseases and health problems smallpox diphtheria and typhoid are practically co conquered this has been done by a relentless drive supported by public opinion the same can be done with gonorrhea and syphilis with the cause prevention and cure known what is needed is a determined public to force these diseases into the same class as smallpox and see them conquered let us make it the problem of every citizen to break down the barrier of silence and secrecy built upon false mo desy let these enemies be brought out into the open for an open shot |