The Epidemiological Control of Venereal Disease.
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چکیده
In 1943 I was given the interesting but difficult task ofconducting the Joint Committee on Venereal Disease, on which were represented the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Ministry of Health, the Department of Health for Scotland, the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, and the Canadian and United States Armies. I will refer later to the work of this Committee, which was confronted with an extremely difficult situation having international implications. Though it met in an atmosphere charged with emotion, by reason of highly coloured press reports appearng both in this country and across the Atlantic about social conditions in London, the proceedings of the Committee were invariably marked by the most helpful and friendly spirit on all sides. There can be few subjects larger and more involved than venereal disease, and in which it is easier to make mistakes ofreal importance. Nor does its narrowing down to the aspect of epidemiological control do much to simplify it, as it is impossible to discuss its epidemiology without considering many problems of a highly technical nature. I would,therefore, like to limit my remarks to observations and suggestions which may stimulate discussion and perhaps indicate the way in which a medical administrator with certain responsibilities in regard to the control of these diseases views the problems and difficulties of the specialist in venereal diseases. I always try to regard the venereal diseases as merely a group, though admittedly a very special one, of the communicable diseases against, which the health services of the country are constantly fighting. This attitude is not rendered any easier by the moral
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 23 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1947