with the methods used to control these factors." In this course the subject of venereal disease is presented by Dr. F. W. Lorenz, of Mendota, director of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute. This Institute is prepared to make the Wassermann test free of charge for all physicians in the state and furnishes directions and equipment for obtaining specimens. The Milwaukee Social Hygiene Society, formerly the Society for Sanitary and Moral Education, is planning, under the presidency of Hon. E. T. Fairchild, an active campaign of public education in that city, and expects to employ an executive secretary to direct its work. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Public Morals, while keeping up its interest in its former work, is now without legal or financial means for carrying it on. Its members, with the coöperation of certain local organizations, are endeavoring to prevent a return to old vice conditions with some success. The appeal from the decision of the court under which the Bureau has been deprived of its official standing has not yet come up for decision. The Charity Organization Society of New York City in Part II of its Annual Report for 1915, entitled "Improving Social Conditions in New York City," in the course of a discussion of housing reform explains the apparent increase of prostitution in tenement houses as indicated by the increase in arrests from ten per month in January, 1912, to one hundred and five per month in January, 1915, as the result of increased police activity in an effort "to stamp out this evil the minute it showed. itself in a new locality and encouraged in their work by the better coöperation afforded by the magistrates." This conclusion is reported to be confirmed not only by organizations directly interested in the prostitution problem but by settlement workers and others in immediate touch with the tenement house districts. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Women's Department, National Civic Federation. Ninth Annual Report. 1915. A Modern School. Abraham Flexner. General Education Board, New York City. 1916. Community Welfare in Kansas. Walter Burr. Extension Bulletin No. 4, State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kas, 1915, The Baby Book National Child Welfare Exhibit Association. New York, 1916. 25 cents. How to Make a Eugenical Family Study. C. B. Davenport and H. H. Laughlin. Eugenics Record Office. 1915. Play and Athletics. University of Texas, Bulletin No. 32. Austin, 1915. Housing Conditions of Today in Boston. Women's Municipal League of Boston Bulletin. Boston, February 1916. Unmarried Girls with Sex Experience. Carol Aronevici. Bulletin I. Seybert Institution, Philadelphia. 25 cents. Positions in Social Work. Edward T Devine and Mary Van Kleeck. New York; New York School of Philanthrophy, February, 1916. Schedule on the Adolescent. National Federation of Settlements. Boston, 1915. Information and Suggestions Concerning Wassermann Examinations. Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute. Mendota, Wisconsin, 1915. The Prevalence of Venereal Diseases. First and Second Progress Reports. Select Committee, Legislative Assembly, New South Wales, Sidney, 1915. 3s. 1916. 1s 3d. State Laws and Regulations. Pertaining to Public On Some Causes of Prostitution. By Helen Wilson, Some Reasons Why We Want the Injunction and Abatement Act. Shreveport, La., Vice Commission Report, 1910. Moral Education, William T. Whitney. Phillips, Bos- What It Means to Marry. Mary Scharlieb. New Bringing Up Boys. Kate Upson Clark. New York: National Conference of Charities and Correction. Pro- New 53d A. S. IN THE PERIODICALS Public Health Reports. U. S. Public Health Service. April 7, 1916. The Notifiable Diseases in the Several States. Journal of the American Medical Association. March 18, 1916. The Recognition of General Paresis While It Is Still Susceptible to Treatment. Joseph Collins, M. D. Bulletin, Detroit Board of Health, March, 1916. "Control of Venereal Diseases." American Journal of Urology and Sexology. March, 1916. Pollutions. Samuel A. Tannenbaum, M. D. The Survey, March 25, 1916. Under Cover of Respectability. Winthrop D. Lane. America. March 25, 1916. Concerning the Next Generation. Science. March 17, 1916. Aims, Methods, and Results in Medical Education, C. R. Bardeen. Note: Mention in The Bulletin of publications or periodical articles does not necessarily imply recommendation or endorsement by the American Social Hygiene Association. VOL. III BULLETIN MAY, 1916 Social Hygiene and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The Public Health Department of the General Federation of Women's Clubs has arranged to have an exhibit prepared by the American Social Hygiene Association placed in its headquarters at the Seventh Regiment Armory, during the biennial meeting of the Federation in New York City, May 23 to June 1. A desk for information and the distribution of literature will also be maintained by the Association at the Federation headquarters in the Hotel Astor. This is but a short walk from the Association's offices and library where Federation members will be welcome as visitors and where informal conferences on general or special phases of social hygiene work may be arranged. At the session on social service and philanthropy, in the Assembly room of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's building, at 2.30 P.M., June 1st, Dr. William F. Snow will speak on "Woman's Part in the Social Hygiene Program." Venereal Disease Legislation in New Zealand. A Prisoners' Detention Act recently adopted in New Zealand gives the governor of a correctional institution or of a hospital power to detain on a magistrate's order any prisoner infected with venereal disease, if necessary for a longer period than that for which sentenced; that is, until a cure of his disease is effected. This law seems to be similar in purpose and general intent to the Massachusetts provision for detaining prisoners having venereal disease until a cure is effected. The Bulletin for January, 1916, speaks of commitment in Buffalo, N. Y., to the city hospital at the instance of the health department of persons having venereal disease in an infectious stage who refuse to observe proper precautions. It is reported that under similar circumstances an inmate of the Municipal Lodging House of New York City was recently committed to the workhouse for thirty days as a vagrant. No. 2 Summer Course in Social Hygiene. A summer course in Social Hygiene is to be given from July 10th to 29th, by Dr. Mabel S. Ulrich, special lecturer for the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., and Miss Elsa Ueland of the Gary, Indiana, Public Schools. Lectures and round table conferences will be given during this period daily from Monday to Friday, at 600 Lexington Ave., New York City. It is expected that a moderate fee will be charged. The course is open to teachers and social workers who are interested in the moral education of children and adolescents and is planned to correlate the study of sex problems with that of recreation and directed activities for communities, institutions, and individuals. Full information may be obtained by addressing Dr. Ulrich at 1718 S. Oliver Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. Home and Community The series of sixteen leaflets issued by the American Social Hygiene Association under the general title "Home and Community Series", and prepared especially for use in connection with the recent Baby Week campaign, has been published, with slight changes, as a thirty-two page pamphlet which not only shows the relation of social hygiene to home and community welfare, but illustrates the methods by which text and illustrations may be combined in the presentation to the public of social hygiene principles. Bridgeport, Conn., Vice Commission Reports. The Bridgeport Vice Commission, after eight months' work, has presented its report. The Chairman of the Commission is Rev. John R. Brown. George J. Kneeland had charge of the field work under the direction of the American Social Hygiene Association. The segregated district in Bridgeport had been closed by order of the Mayor previous to the investigation. The most flagrant ex(Continued on p. 3) STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, State of New York, County of New York: ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared James H. Foster, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of the American Social Hygiene Association Bulletin and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Publisher, The American Social Hygiene Association, Inc., 105 West 40th Street, New York. Editors, William F. Snow, M. D.; James Bronson Reynolds, 105 West 40th Street, New York. Managing Editor, None. Business Manager, James H. Foster, 105 West 40th Street, New York. 2. That the owners are: The American Social Hygiene Association, a membership corporation without capital stock, with its principal office at 105 West 40th Street, New York City, having several hundred members and the following principal officers: President, Abram W. Harris, Chicago, Ill.; Secretary, Donald R. Hooker, M. D., Baltimore, Md.; Treasurer, Henry L. Higginson, Boston, Mass. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. St. Louis, Missouri, Courts and Prostitution. An investigation made during the first part of 1915 at the instance of the Neighborhood Association of St. Louis regarding the handling of prostitution cases in the courts of that city was undertaken because of the increase of prostitution during the three months before the investigation began as compared with its marked reduction during the preceding ten months following the close of the segregated district. Mr. John G. Fertig, who made the inquiry, presents statistics upon the number of cases brought before the city courts and their disposition, and shows that less than ten per cent. of the cases of prostitution brought before the city courts were "corrected," and that the practice of putting convicted prostitutes on parole has not in any case resulted in reformation. He concludes that "The failure to suppress commercialized prostitution in St. Louis must be charged against the City Courts, and Division No. 2 of the Court of Criminal Correction." A Study of Venereal Diseases The Moral Survey Committee of Syracuse, N. Y., has issued a report of a third statistical study of venereal diseases in that city covering the year 1915. Comparisons with earlier studies for 1910 and 1913 indicate a reduction of 27.7 per cent. in gonorrhea and 45.4 per cent. in syphilis, but that from 15 to 20 per cent. of men and from 5 to 7 per cent. of women in the city are or have been infected with one or the other disease. The reduction in syphilis is credited mainly to the closing of the segregated district in 1913; in gonorrhea, mainly to improved control of the liquor traffic and suppression of disorderly hotels and drinking places where men and women congregated. (Continued from p. 1) pression of vice disclosed by the investigation was centred in the hotels, saloons, and public dance halls. The Commission's recommendations include the continuance of the policy which refuses to countenance or allow a segregated district, and suggest in some detail improved methods of dealing with prostitutes and sexual degenerates, and of controlling venereal disease, plans for educational work with children and adults, and the establishment of permanent recreation and morals commissions. Present Vice Conditions in Lexington and It will be remembered that vice investigations in these two cities were made during 1915; in Lexington by a committee privately organized; in Louisville by an official municipal Commission. While both reports recommended that the policy of segregation be abandoned, the Lexington Committee set a definite date-January 1, 1916-beyond which disorderly houses should not remain open, at the same time asking that before closing them provision be made for the care of such of their inmates as might wish to give up the life of prostitution. The Louisville report favored in rather general terms a program looking toward the repression of prostitution by persistent pressure rather than immediate action-a policy likely to prove ineffective unless thoroughly and consistently carried out over a long period. The May number of the Federation News issued by the Men's Federation of Louisville, says: "Lexington, Ky., has successfully closed her red-light district, and it is really closed. We spent a day or two in that city recently and made a careful investigation, both in the day-time and at night, and the old, wide-open district is closed bang tight. What Lex ington can do, surely we in Louisville can do. Lexington has a commission form of government, which is working wonders in that town. Lexington has said 'No,' and it is a real 'No.' But what about Louisville? We have no commission form of government, but the community has the word of the present Mayor that the red-light district will be closed . Bulletin Notes. El Paso, Texas, Vice District Closed. The Mayor of El Paso, in consequence of the decision of the Supreme Court, noticed in the Bulletin for January, 1916, ordered the vice district of that city closed on March 1. This district, like that in New Orleans, was established by a municipal ordinance now declared to be without legal effect. to be without legal effect. It was intimated that the closing of this officially recognized district might not result in doing away with the policy of segregation in El Paso, but that an unofficial district in the "South Side" might take its place; but an energetic protest from the people residing in that part of the city, backed by resolutions adopted through the churches for the "North Side" resulted in assurances that no new segregated district would be established, and at the end of February the district was closed. Examination of Servants. that the Board of Health of Montclair, New Jersey, offers to make medical examinations of servants for anyone living in that city. "Such examinations are to consist of a thorough physical examination for tuberculosis as well as for other diseases, by the Widal and the Wassermann tests." As previously noticed in the Bulletin the sanitary code of the town of Montclair requires that any person suffering from venereal disease shall take proper treatment or be isolated. It is reported The Society for the Suppression of Vice of Baltimore City, in a recent report on the abolition of the red light districts in Baltimore, sums up the progress that has been made since its organization in 1888. Among the more important points gained are the closing of all houses of public prostitution in Baltimore, the lessening of street-walking, the condition in regard to hotels and assignation houses, and the creation of a healthy public sentiment against the policy of segregation. The report says: "Thus, so quietly that the public were scarcely aware of it, yet in a way both effective and humane we have passed through a great social, moral, and sanitary revolution. The work of reducing all social vice to its lowest terms has been well begun, but those in closest contact with the situation are well aware that this is a mere beginning and that the persistent effort of all friends of good order and morals must be steadily maintained in order to avoid a return to former conditions." The Illinois Vigilance Association during the present year has put up in saloons, railroad stations, and hotels, posters entitled Warning to Everybody, designed to spread information in regard to the venereal diseases and advising suitable care and treatment. The Association has also put up in the towns and villages near Chicago and in the elevated and suburban cars of the city some 1500 cards of Warning to Girls. Such posters serve to call public attention to the problems with which the Association is concerned. Vice in Minneapolis, Minn., is being attacked by the so-called Cooperative Committee of women representing seven women's organizations. Evidence was gathered by an investigation begun in September, 1915, several convictions have been secured, and other cases are pending. Steps are being taken to form a permanent organization for vice repression. It will be remembered that a municipal commission in its report some five years ago presented recommendations for dealing with vice as found in Minneapolis. It appears that this report had little, if any, substantial permanent result, probably because there was no organization to follow up its work and to interest itself in the measures proposed. Cleveland, Ohio. As the result of a conference organized by the Department of Health venereal disease wards at the City Hospital authorized some time ago are to be made ready for use as soon as possible. The Department's laboratory now offers diagnostic services for syphilis and is planning the establishment of advisory and diagnostic clinics and general educational work. The Next Generation. F. A. Rhodes, M. D. Boston; Badger, 1915. $1.50. American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Sixth Annual Meeting. 1915. Proceedings, Annual Meeting California High School Teachers' Association. 1915. Prevalence of the Social Diseases in Syracuse, New York. Moral Survey Committee. March, 1916. Sex Series. (1) "Friendship, The Third Function of Sex," and "Normal Man"; (2) "Body-Building, The First Function of Sex"; (3) "Procreation, A Secondary Function of Sex"; (4) "The Ultimate of Sex-Spiritual Unfoldment"; (5) "The Place of Sex in Race Unfoldment"; (6) "Social Hygiene: Sex Education", H. H. Brown, San Francisco. 10c. Each. What Should be Done for Chicago's Women Offenders? Recommendations and Report of the City Council Crime Commission. Chicago: The Juvenile Protective Association. 1916. Attacking the Venereal Peril. A. N. Thomson, M. D. The Family as a Social and Educational Institution. Willy- Population: A Study in Malthusianism. W. S. Thompson. IN THE PERIODICALS Journal of the American Medical Association. April 29, 1916. "The Spinal Fluid in Mongolian Idiocy." H. C. Stevens, M. D. Modern Hospital. May, 1916. "Pay Clinics in Brooklyn Journal of the American Medical Association. April 22, 1916. British Journal of Inebriety. April, 1916. A Note on Al- Mas Zeitschrift fuer Bekaempfung der Geschlechtskrankheiten. January, 1916. Die Geschlechtskrankheiten, der Krieg, und die Schutzmittelfrage. H. Fuerth. Zur Schutzmittelfrage. A. Blaschko. "Gonorrhea and Fraudu American Medicine. April, 1916. lent Marriage." Journal of Education. April 6, 1916. The new ideal in education-better parents of better children. H. C. Putnam. California High School Teachers' Association, Proceedings. July, 1915. The Pendulum of Progress (sex instruction). H. O. Williams. Hygiene in the High School. John N. Force. Current Opinion. May, 1916. Sex factors in the mechanism of Mendelian Heredity. Journal of Home Economics. January, 1916. The highest education for woman. Julia C. Lathrop. Revue d'Hygiene. September, 1915. Alcoholism and the means of combating it. J. Bertillon. Archiv fuer Rechts und Wirtschaftsphilosophie. No. 8. 191415. Custom and morality. Josef Kohter. Umschau. April 3, 1915. Energy of the nation and energy of women. Hugo Selheim. Die Neue Generation. June, 1915. Krieg und Ehe. Grete Meisel-Hess. Note: Mention in "The Bulletin" of publications or periodical articles does not necessarily imply recommendation or endorsement by the American Social Hygiene Association. |