Sexual health question

In regard to a letter to the Otago Hospital Board from the North Canterbury board, as to the appointment of a commission to enquire into the prevalence of venereal disease and means of combating it, the medical staff and superintendent have reported to the Committee of the Otago Hospital board as follows: “In the opinion of the honorary medical staff, the prevalence of venereal diseases, and the best means of combating these is a matter of public health, to be dealt with by the Department of Public Health, which advise the New Zealand branch of the British Medical Association and all hospital boards, both as to the incidence of these diseases, and the department's plan of campaign to combat the evil.

This could be advantageously discussed at the forthcoming conference in July.’’ — ODT, 15. 5.1922

Queen Mary lays a wreath on the memorial tomb at Terlincthun cemetery near Boulogne, France, in memory of the fallen. — Otago Witness, 11.7.1922