The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-04-01
MAYOR rHoNER GETS REPORT OF
U. HEALTH BUREAU SURVEY.
Recent Closing Of Wheouns's Red Lish.
District IN Keeping With Coun-
try's Sentiment.


District IN Keeping With Coun-
try's Sentiment.
Mayor Thomas T Thonc- yest"1!eE
received IRON, .. g. Pierce. assistant
surgeon genera OF The Un.,"l S;a.'>
hu-,.,, OF Pub,sr Health Service. iA' -"
PC, uf Ia survey takHn ~ 'a' ietN'H~
CITES ~ the Un!tcd states :" 6't"F'n'''S
-. sentiment toward -" "-''hH'tt'''7
rr rhs SEGREGATED vtC" districts
T. Wow " the far; thu; II" admins
t-a,ton uc Greater Wheel NIX has rece"'
IL made a"'.rttIe 4 Gu."' hu' vigorous
ra--nstrn which - declared - nav
ccr,nl,fa'y w,psd on: ,hN cltyS 20
light district. Z will p" % interest," 20
NOT. that ~ far thr greater number ~
r.-sorS who answered. tAe QGcst"nna!rc
,a,o-c-t rho elimination OF the SeSreSa
Cd vice district
Mayor ThoNer Sorre time aSo rfce'VeH
--,., re bureau ot Public Health n'e
-orics % tho queS;io0na:re. with tho re-
cues, that hey be distributed one % the
a-rS,teat oc tho chamber or commerce.
one % a bank president. one 20 the pres
,irrt 81 ~" Woman ; club one ~ me
cN.eE ~ po,Icc. and ore :" representa-
,sv.. citizen % MS own selection A'iS
vas done and the rvc Wh"e;'nE citizens
turned the queSttonraires.
\ total ~ j54 Qucstiornaires were re-
tu-,-,i 20 ,he U0l;ed Suites bureau Of
Puhlc Health. the survey report states
f-rr, q. II the larger c:Hes 81 the
Crited States. The classification o!
,hes, -ep.,.s. according TO OCCUPATION.
follows:
Presidents o. Chamber OF Commerce. 20
Presidents OF banks ...,.......'.. -
Women ...........,...'..
Ch.efS OF police ............ -
Representative citizens .....'....'.l>'
The Arst question asked. was as FOL
The Public Health Service and the
state Board Of Health believe that open
houses Of prostitution arc menace 10
public health and should be abolished IN
a,rry community. DO you agree WIZ
this point Of View Yes or No). Why:
Tho replies TO this question were:
Yes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AL
No .,...''. 70
Conditional ...-........,.. Is
D:d no, answer ..........
II IS significant 20 note that among
tha 39l who voted YES" lo6 were
chiefs OF police AMI that only IS chiefs
10 health point of View.
One hundred S:Hty-four representa-
tive citizeas. among them mayors. city
attorneys, dentists. real estate agents
travelling Salesmsn. merchants mani
faccurcrs. lawyers and judges. votes
yes" as against Is opposed.
II.
The second question dealt with the al
tsrnative point Of view:
"Or do you believe that there should
be open houses OF prostitution in your
city? (Yes or No). Why
The replies to this question we're:
No NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -"
Yes ...-........ ~
Conditional ........-.-.- II
Did not answer .......... %2
OF l2t chiefs OF police replying e this
question. only II favored oper houses
Of prostitution as against To- opposed
70 such houses
The representative Of = woulan's or
cantzat!on m New Jerss wrote: NO
To accomplish our q n. which IS the
heath OF our nat: II. drastic abolish
mont OF every in> tituc!on which ts the
nucleus Of the social diseases should
Be sought" 20 hundred club women
n the stat, OF Washington answered
through th..ir representative. NO. TX
2er!euce IN our home city shows re-
duct!o- OF the evil since the red EcIt
dls.r Il was closed" The representa-
,;v.. Of nn~ther ~omea's organization
~ STnGiaaa replied: NO. Chiefly be-
caus. I have three girls and TWO boys.
These houses must draw from sorre
mothers chiidren-why not mine" lr
rpnn houses are tolerated. We counte'
nance them ard sanction their place in
soC;et!.