The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-03-15
COMBATING VENEREAL
DISEASES
Published by Request of the State
Board of Health
Educational Features


There should be posted in mems Law
atories venereal disease placards.
These placards give to men the essen
tial facts about venereal diseases,
prostitution and sex hygiene in as few
and simple words as possible. They
have been successful in helping large
numbers of men. Frequently the pla-
cards include an announcement of the
hours and location of the local vene-
real clinic and direct many needy peo-
pie to its service. Every public lava
tory in your municipality should have
"a placard in it.
Pamphlets are available now for
young men and women, boys and older
girls, parents. teachers and the gener-
al public.
These pamphlets are usually read
with interest and preserved by those
who receive them. Care should always
/ be used to see that they get into the
right hands and are not wasted by
careless distribution. Distribution at
the conclusion of meeting and upon
individual. request in answer to an
announcement or advertisement have
proved to be successful methods. I'm
solicited distribution to unsolicited
groups is not wise. Handing the PAM
Ephlet individually to the person want
ing it is always better than sending it
Through the mail.
The public library should have
available for parents and for other
persons copies of each of the social
hygiene books on the selected list
approved by the committee appointed
J by the Public Health Service and is
J sued to all libraries in the United
; States.
No public library is doing its part
in education if it does not actually
furnish these books to parents. Many
: Libraries are making special efforts to
get these books into the parents
hands by sending out book lists to all
parents of the community and by
: holding parents meetings.
) A good lecturer is hard to find Usu-
ally a physician or health officer car
speak most effectively. But the knowl,
, edge of the medical facts regarding
= venereal diseases is not sufficient fol
success. A lecturer must know how
r to use simple language. He must
e possess an attractive personality ano
must be careful not to stress the alb
!. normal facts concerning sex and dis
q ease to the neglect of the normal by
giene of sex and the stressing of tn,
wholesome and idealistic aspects o.
: the subject. Women physicians will
{ a broad, human sympathy, socia
f viewpoint, and without, traditional
sentimentality have been found t,
d have great success in speaking t.
8 girls of all types. Your city shoul,
a eventually develop men and womel
8 especially fitted as lectures. For tn
r time being lecturers can be obtaine
6 from almost all state boards of health
81 Approved motion pictures no,
available are the following: "Fit t
s VIM" intended especially for nal
N adults; "The End of the Road" in
10 tended especially for older girls an
r women; "How Life Begins" the stor
4 of normal reproduction in flowers an
lower animals, for both adults an
If children, and "Open Your Eyes," fo
N general audiences. Other films al
TT now being prepared.
St There are several unreliable an
sensational motion pictures and lie,
m turers now touring the country who: