Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-04-05
DEFENDS ACTION or THE MED
ICAI. DEPARTMENT. or
THE CITY.
REGULATION THE THING


Ia discussing the SOCIAL eNll Sl'
methods Of suppresslng or restricting
1t. beg 10 submit u few statistics a
the beginning which ought to chal
lcng, the serious attention OF ever
father and mother In the city and
tnllch for the correctness Of the flg
urcs:
Seventy five per cent OF all Amer
lean males have had or have gon
orrhea,
sixty five per cent Of oil operations
on females for so called female tror'
he Drc due directly to the affect o'
roucrrhea.
TWENTY-FIVE per cent of all males
have syphilis In cases OF blindness
in children under one and one halt
Years 81 age, W IL per cent are
traceable directly to the effects of
sonnorrhea,
The highest duty Of q medical de-
parlmcnt is the protection Of poster
itV, to see that hereditary affhctions
are eliminated whore absolute sup
nession is impossible, / think that
me chief medical officer Of this city
has somewhat more responsible posi-
ton than the mere inspection OF gar
lage cans and backyards and unsan-
ltary toilets Any citizen of average
mtelieence, (eyen John Haver or
Indre Poel can do that AZ satisra ctor-
ia, the ,nodicaI officer | do NOT be
licye there can be the slightest posi-
lilo ohiectIon to this conceptIon of
dniv
Fundamentally tba absolute elini-
n,,,op of the social evil is an utter
in,n,ssiblirv unless there he sudden
and completc regeneration Of the en-
tirc human physlcal system. until hu-
man natura From the very mud -sills
shpu h4 changed, ANY student OF so b.
.,iol conditions Know this ANY pby-
sici,n Of eyperience and observation
Enows this ANY citizen who does
not get his theories and his religion
on toast for breakfast knows this II
srnnressIon Of the social evil heinz
o,t of tho o,iestion duriny this gaD-
,,atlor at least tho next thing to con.
sid.r IL the matter of restriction re
suIotion and control There NAV he n
differences of onin,on bere blt the mon
v.bo bavo ci,.ar theIr rives to tho nro
.nrvatiop or nosteritv who have stri-
yen diuiecntIy NOT oniv 70 save ufe
I'm, to nrolone +, ali agrea that the
tic,I ,,atbod Of l,ndiIng mic ,,or,.
d.l,c,to matter 10 tho segregation Of
,ho.,. r,fortnnota women the nreven-
ti,n ~ u.e nractlce NJ soliciting the
,,a,.ption of tho sale of into,icatino
l:,uors IN ,be seerapatad district the
,,,obfbitlon # ,nirore fro,n all of tbe
i,,its nr tho saproe,taa district and
.,.opI,, .od treatment nhvsIcoI in snec-
unn or ,he inba hiiants Of that district
That vac ma, nurnose and nolicy
.dl,riro NV administration of thc mod
ir.l danortmsrt M tho citv of Tulsa
and for those mottera am hc;nq
,r,duc.d averv da,. and everv hour
al, over tho city Inv hand NJ IIiph-
.,t,dors u.b, ar. citbar urseved or
l,,,,. ma d.sira 10 ,rds,st,ra the cit
,.atior
TN. n,edic,l de,or+nart or tho citv
l,ou.uratod the s,stcm Of physica,
in.no.tIor ,uer coufarenca win tbc
,uo,o. tho commissioners and Tudrc
IIousiop The medical department of
thn civ conducted the investigation
for months and ihe percentage OF
diseases decreased visIbly and
,peasurablv. The regulative system
was enforced. the Red Light district
was kept clean. and crime minimized.
Eui these pseudo reformers, these
creatures who go around with a smirk
on their mouths and sing the loudest
IN the church meetings. instead OF
! cIping me in the campaign for the
of the vitality of the race
irqtead Of assisting at least bv their
silence brean campaign of malicious
! lpe about ore hat is UNPARALLELED In
the community. where artistic liars
20 not scarce when the department
instructed the chief of police to break
I'M a rooml-s house across the street
from tho city hall, where lacivious at
teuiiops of men and women could be
plaink seen AT all hours of the day
,udc. Frank a. billiard appeared as
tho attorney for the girls and the