Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

one-third ies~. this last year. duo 10
the more effective preventive work.
previously mentioned.
In civilian circle. medical records
are harder 10 obtain. The accurate typo
OF record kept by the Army and Navy
Is not available for civilian affairs. But
tho draft records show that, IN civilian
life, at least 100000 year rs the
wage loss alone, due TO these sccki
diseases. This is simply the amount
Loot due 20 the inability Of people 80
afflicted 10 perform any useful work.
Tbs figure IL based on q daily wnge ~
only -. and is probably low. as dis-
sase plays no favorites. but ~nits all
claases of society, rich and poor alike.
The American Social Hygiene So
ciety which has long conducted q var
againat this plague estimates that tho
complete co,st Of theee Ills. largely pre-
vontabls is 1913 .0O0, 900 IN one state.
Illinois, alone. Ohio's cost Ia placed by
authorities at about 800, 900 300. There
figures include items such az Doctors
fees. lot wngee. expe neive drugs need
ed for the cures. which are not met
| by the individual, then partial costs
for maintaining noapstals for the in
ing women who become infected
| through marriage end arc forced 90
/ undergo complicated operations. much
OF which is met By the taxpayer. for
much Of this work "a done at public
expense. for tho general protection Of
all.
Tho old idea that aggregated dis-
tricts tended toward s3fety IN vice
:
the dssease rate among troops in Amer
ica Was about one-third that Of troops
in foreign countries, where the open
d.stricts were IN operation.
Woe cannot De abolished by lsvvs
the Board holds Education along the
proper lines Of sex i~ essentiai. The
subject which has been hidden under
n blanket 81 aseunned innocence rnuet
be exposed 20 the light OF understand
ing Toe cure viii b brought about
tnae way.
DR.. Parker declared that boys ar-
naturally just az ciean-rnindei ~
girls. Yet boys. she holds, do not re-
Iceive In the average home, the same
instruction on physical questions
which come TO the girls The result e
I that the girls are more clean-minded
. at the critical age. But she also add
8 ed that the whole subject does not ~.
9 ceive the attention Il needs az q prf
mary one in life The home. the church
the schools. all sidestep. she declared
= and when sex becomes part Of a boy
=, life he has had little instruction an,
>, ia generally allowed 20 drift along a
I. best he can. exposed 70 the bad IN
- fUence, too often, Of commercialize
- vice
"a Predicts Tighter Laws.
he The laws in the United States, Dr.
re Parker believes, az they relate 70 thi
OF question. Will become more stringer
OF az time goes on. The United States
I'd leading among the nations IN takin
&c action on this question. Regarding IN
L enforcement OF prohibition, It wa
tn thought that the question would graz
o. uaIly work itself out. when more pec
he pie had paid the price OF blindness {
lg death from bootleg poison. But I
r stringent laws, II Is not meant thu
the movies would be darkened, or ths
b. grandpas pipe would be taken AVA
III The entrance Of women into politic
at probably viii lead TO moro efectui
ce laws and heavier penalties for viz
ny operators.
an The work OF the board througho'
el- the nation Is carried IN through nil
% district officials, each q field repr
IN sentative. These in turn are aided I
field agents, located in cities near q
"a Army or Navy posts. The field agen
a. keep in touch with the medical of
90 GERS Of the armed forces and recei
-, weekly reports as 10 how much
p. how little commercialized vice in ca
"a locality Is undermining the heal
- Of the men. Closing the red light di
- trict in one city resulted IN cutting Z
80 disease rate from 1873 20 y, which
'l- cited as a health example n disea
prevention"
'i.s The field agents keep in touch wi
~. the municipal. county and state heal
' 4u' officials, police officers and other c
- ~, CARNATIONS. Thus very accurate 4
- ures are Obtainable on the CONNIE
80 cialized vice question. The boards {
-, ures are also good indicators OF :
conditions which exist among the C.
ilian population. Through these fl
officers the board IS quickly able
ces place its hands on the vice situati
re- in any part OK the country. The resu
my have been that II districts have be
300. closed. and that hundreds OF cit
vas have staged "clean-ups" which y
out have an important effect on the !
out ture generations Of Americans.