The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-05-06
A Plain Question
of DecenCy

Operating unutI =,
veroreal disease law. the u D DN''>
Health Service under the direo''o"
pr j. c. Mahr. acting assistant SUI
eeon. cooperating with the s'"'e ah oo
of health, "A campaign mas Dec" II,
" .,,mn ont venereal diseaSSS W
oklahoma. and this department. "P'
IN nublic officials citizens ciup W -
cations and the public to ASSIST !" Wv
-, c,rcemcnt of the provisions OF the ID"
,a tho ond that better health pe''''
,,,or.,I and social conditions may pecoi'e
a reolitv among the citizenship Oh 'i''S
state. pr Rupert Blue surgeon Is -
of the public health service mas issueu
an urgent demand ON the good cit'Ie"' ''
of America to help keep the ue'''oD''
,,,J army as clean and free lioi' "''
,',.,os as when fighting How ABOUT
=, d.cant men and women OF Okla
boma? viii you permit the Po"''S
tbat prey" in your city, town OF com,
munity to get" the soldier boys' ihes
v,e,,, protected in the army; IS hoiile
lifo IN he more dangerous than war
10 vou "lat George do it, he VIII uo
| it--fOr the ueNll' II '''
/ off. the scarlet women wlll not
Prevalence Of Nenereai Diseases
The l.. S. health service under III
! Nabr's direction has established lIce
clinics in a number of cltles Oh ohla
| homa. and where persons atihcteu WIZ,
venercal diseases may apply lor 'i'u
receive treatment The opening VI
these clinics has brought TO hght the
wide preyalence OF these diseases III
the number of cases treated. AT one
of the free clinics more than 200 patients
are being treated at tins tline' ms
condition is amazing and shouid 81
| to awaken the general pupnc 10 the
dangers of social ills. At other clil!cS
i'm towns of four and five thousand
and ten, twelve and twenty thousahu
population, the number of persons APP
plving for treatment gives proof thiIt
social ills and commercial vice is run
ming rampant. Prostitution, pupnc
and private, must cease in Oklahoma
The public must awaken to tn. dangers
resulting from transgression or the
moral law, and assist in stamping out
venereal diseases.
Tne Law II ram
Oklahoma's new veuereal law Is plain.
II makes it the duty of the state,
county and municipal offic@fs or their
authorized agents within their respect
i've Jurisdictions to act when in their
Judgment it is necessary for the pup
lie health, to make examinations OF
persons convicted for sex offensss and
. results
of such examinations are known. Blood
tests are taken OF all persons arrested
and suspected of being infected win
venereal Diseases and their release can
not be granted or obtained through
bairbond until the condition OF the
person is known to be noninfectious
A record of all persons so examined
and interned must be kept, but Is secret
insofar as the general public is con
cerned Heavy penalties are prescrib
ed for failing to report and take treat
ment from the reputable physicians OF
all persons infected with venereal dis
eases. Druggists are prohibited from
selling patent nostrums for self-treat
ment. Physicians are subject TO heavy
fine and Jail sentence for failure to re-
port all cases of venereal diseases to the
u. $. public health service. Persons
communicating venereal diseases are
guilty of felony and subject to i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary not less
than ono year and not more than five
years.
Syphilis is declared to be a family
disease in Russia, and largely respon
sibe for that country's decline as a ma
ton. DO we want the United States
and particularly Oklahoma to be men
aced by such conditions as present
themselves in Russia? Efforts of the
public health service and cooperation
of the public in the work it is doing al
this time will accomplish the aim anC
serve the end in view-the stamping
out of venereal diseases.