South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-06
TELLS ABOUT
VENEREAL CLINIC
Head of Institution Talks to
Members of Chamber
OF Commerce. ass


'"venereaI diseases are shaking the
very foundc dons Of our social siiuc-
ture. and rly purposes in accepting
your invitation to address you to ,ay
r. w, Cd. first. 70 tel You What
las been cone in your city al the
treatment and prevention OF hose
diseases Tnd what may b. dOne IN
The future" declared Or. T. Il Bush.
head OF the venereal disease clinic az
- s. Lafayette blvd, In a talk be-
tore the members Of the Chamber
o. Commerce AZ their weekly noon
day luncheon Monday.
DR. Emil r. Freyermuth. score
tary Of the city board OF health. who
presided at the meeting. in present
ing DR.. Bush. told OF the difficulties
encountered by the health authOri-
ties in finding q location for the
clinic.
At the close Of Dr. Bush's talk.
Dan Pyle presented "a resolution.
calling upon Iudiana's representa-
lives in Washington. Il. c.. TO sup
port the passage OF the civil sundries
bin. which carries AN appropriation
of $f.G00.000 with which TO carry on
the fight against venereal disease.
Outlines Work
In his talk 20 the chamber mem
bers. DR.. Bush outlined the work
done by the clinic since its estab-
lishment Sept. I. lie said in part:
Most Of YOU are aware. no doubt.
that this propaganda against vener-
cal diseases originated purely as a
war measure. The appalling amount
Of venereaI disease among the men
called 20 the cOlOrs necessitatcd inn
mediate action. and a public willing
10 undergo anything for their sakes.
tolerated many restrictions and ac-
tivities without opposition. The re-
suits were So satisfying and the sem
timent created so favorable, that
these activities have been continued
INTO peace times and applied 10 civil
IAN life.
The clinic began actual opera
lions on Labor day and has not been
closed during the announced hours
since that date with the exception
81 q few times when 7 was sum-
rloned Co indianapolis for a confer
nee OF directors. and the recent
holidays. I am sure you are less in
terested in the actual expenditures
than in the results accomplished
md would much rather pass up this
side Of 70 for the present. II is not
our purpose To- give YOU tiresome
statistics but nevertheless. numbers
are something tangible by which
YOU can gauge the extent of work
that has been done. The figures that
wish to give YOU are based ON the
total four months work up to Jan.
Record OF Clinic.
Number OF patients registered.
sos
Number Of treatments giveu. .
tst
Humber OF patients classified by
lsease. SIS percent gouorrhoea-
males. i44. females rs. Total 172-
$50 percent syphilis males CO. fc-
males Al Total 10f 2.5 percent
.Hanchroid. males seven. Total of all
ESQ.
'Number rcmainiuE under oOser-
,atiOn. undiaEnosed go.
Number found 20 bee suffering
rom other ailments and referred 20
other physicians. or without any dis
sasc
Number OF innocent infections
lproveu1. IS. or 90 percent OF the
ota1 diseased
Number infected with both son-
lrrhoea and syphilis. 1856. or five
.rrceut OF tho total diseased.
Cases OF disease llsSidcd as 60
.uproNimatc age: Under 20 years.
80. 20 percent. 20 20 30 years. 1S5,
et pcrccnU; over so. %. chine per
..utl.
To me. an se figures are very
striking. and I feel sure would not
,iry much If tho total number OF
PATIENTS was MANY times greater.
NmouG those uuocoutlv Infected are
B.. children. most of them babes