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AT an extraordinary general meeting of the British Social Hygiene Council, held on January 29, attention was concentrated upon the circular letter recently dispatched by the Ministry of Health to local government authorities relating to the control of venereal disease in war-time. During the War of 1914–18, some 400,000 members of the armed forces were treated for venereal disease, necessitating the withdrawal of the majority of the patients from active service for periods varying between five and six weeks. To-day, the Ministry is anxious that the great reduction in the numbers of people suffering from venereal disease since 1918 should be at least maintained during the social upheavals that are caused by war conditions. The movements of population from towns to the vicinity of munition factories, military camps and aerodromes in the country districts bring grave problems.
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Venereal Diseases in War-time. Nature 145, 216–217 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145216c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145216c0