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THE Government is concerned about the present increase in venereal diseases throughout Great Britain. While the majority of us outside the medical profession, and quite a number of medical men themselves, treat the subject as we do, that is, taboo, the announcement that such an increase is taking place is no occasion for surprise; for, by implication alone, that is, without data, we are bound to conclude that with the present war-time change in conditions, accompanied by scarcely any change in the general attitude towards venereal disease as a social problem of the first magnitude, the whole problem is almost certain to loom up as a challenge to public health, leaving us concerned and confused.
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VENEREAL DISEASES: A SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEM. Nature 150, 529–531 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150529a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150529a0