ciation was organized. The older society is now transferring its work outside the local field to the Association and is turning its attention to intensive activities in New York City and State. Dr. Eugene La Forrest Swan of Brooklyn is its President and Mr. Frank J. Osborne, 105 West 40th Street, New York City, its Secretary. The Connecticut Society of Social Hygiene. Social Hygiene was given a place on the programmes of the annual meetings of the Connecticut Congress of Mothers, New Britain; The Federation of Women's Clubs, Derby; the Connecticut League of Women Workers, New Britain; the institutes of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at New Haven and New London and at the Windham County Convention of the same organization at Willimanic; also at the county conventions of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association held at Hartford, Stratford, and Rockville. During the meeting of the Federation of Womens Clubs, a social hygiene exhibit loaned by the American Social Hygiene Association, was placed in the church where the convention met. Upon request of the pastor the exhibit was left in the church for the week following the convention and was visited by members of the congregation, following the Sunday service and by the public during the week. In a recent bulletin issued by the Connecticut State Board of Health, a page was devoted to the law recently enacted by the Legislature, requiring that physicians shall report all cases of venereal disease, anonymously, to the local health officer. Attention is also called to the fact that specimens for diagnosis will be examined free of charge at the State Board of Health Laboratory, Middletown; and that folders on the personal care of venereal diseases will be furnished to physicians by the State Board of Health for distribution to their patients free of charge. The Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis has formally changed its name to the New York Social Hygiene Society. This organization is the oldest of the American social hygiene societies; it was founded in 1905 by the late Dr. Prince A. Morrow at a time when it took real courage to propose a program of sex education and of rational handling of the venereal disease problem. The influence of The influence of the Society has been widely felt as its publications have found their way to all parts of the world. As the number of social hygiene societies increased, Dr. Morrow and those associated with him felt the need of a central organization, dissociated from local work, to serve as a national center and clearing house, to carry on general propaganda, to devise and test new methods, and the like. For such purposes, the American Social Hygiene Asso- Warden Johnson is also distributing to each Under the direction of the Warden all inmates of the Cheshire Reformatory for young men are examined for venereal disease and treatment instituted whenever necessary. prisoner sex hygiene leaflets for young men, supplied by the Connecticut Society of Social Hygiene. Following the closing of the segregated districts in Bridgeport by order of the Mayor and the Report of the Bridgeport Vice Commission, a movement is on foot to establish a free clinic for the treatment of venereal disease. This city is facing serious problems relating to health and morals, as more than 30,000 new residents, largely men, have been drawn to Bridgeport during the past year. The Injunction and Abatement Law. The Illinois law is to come soon before the Supreme Court of the State in the case of the People of the State of Illinois, ex. rel. Samuel P. Thrasher vs. Dave Smith and Mary Smith. This is the so-called Metz Hotel case brought by the Committee of Fifteen of Chicago. The appellants contend that the act is unconstitutional on the ground that it is class legislation; that it deprives them of their property without due process of law; that the legislature is without authority to confer upon a private citizen the right to obtain injunctive relief against the maintenance of a public nuisance in the name of the People of the State, and that the legislature may not authorize the issuance of an injunction to prevent the commission of acts which would constitute a crime if committed. The Injunction and Abatement Law has been sustained in other states in which its constitutionality has been tested on similar grounds. Bulletin Notes. St. Joseph, Missouri. Two correspondents report that vice is again active in that city. It is reported that twelve resorts opened in one evening, and that the red light district is again in operation. In answer to an inquiry, the Mayor of St. Joseph wrote: "I do not know whether our red light district is running or not. That is something over which I can not have any jurisdiction." The Police Departments of Missouri cities are responsible to a Board of Police Commissioners, who are appointed by the Governor of the State. The Joplin, Mo., Society for the Suppression of Commercialized Vice has finished an investigation of vice conditions in Joplin. As a result of the investigation and of several public meetings for the discussion of steps for the improvement of such conditions, a conference was held with city officials, who accomplished the closing of a large number of disorderly houses and the conviction of several keepers. Training for Philanthropic Service. Among courses offered by the University of Chicago for this purpose, are those on prostitution, community factors in moral education, public health problems, eugenics, genetics, and others more or less directly related to social hygiene. The National Home Economics Associa tion included in the program of its annual meeting at Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., June 28-July 1st, a discussion of the relation of social hygiene to home economics. The State Boards of Health of Idaho ana Louisiana have recently issued, for the information of the public, circulars or warning against venereal diseases. Neither state provides advisory or diagnostic service. These circulars are less helpful to infected persons than they would be if, like the Oregon and California posters, they referred such persons to some definite source of help. Hot Springs, Arkansas. A free clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases has recently been opened. The Wauwatosa, Wis., Civic League has been organized to fight disorderly road houses. in the neighborhood of that city. The Milwaukee Society for the Suppression of Commercialized Vice is assisting this new organization. Gary, Indiana. A Citizens' Committee has been formed to deal with vice conditions. Gary has a large foreign population working in the steel mills. The employees are paid regularly every two weeks, and on pay days dissolute women come to Gary to ply their trade. In addition, there are said to be a number of disorderly resorts in apartment houses. Sapulpa, Okla. Sweeping orders to "clean up Sapulpa," issued some time ago by Sheriff Lew Wilder, have already had their effect. Sapulpa is in better moral condition than it has been in years, perhaps in its entire history. When Sheriff Wilder issued his orders and it became known that the redlight district was to be driven out of existence in company with gamblers and resort keepers, there were persons who said that it was "bad business" and that it would hurt the town. But since the orders were put into execution, conditions seem to have improved. Buildings which housed immoral resorts are now occupied by legitimate concerns. Money is plentiful, no one need "loaf" if he wishes a job, and Sapulpa seems well on the road to prosperity. -The Oklahoman. The The proposal to establish a new segregated district at Tobita, near Osaka, as a consequence of the burning of two segregated quarters, has provoked a vigorous protest, according to statements made by Mr. George Gleason, of the Osaka Y. M. C. A., in The Japan Advertiser of May 11, 1916. establishment of the new district is opposed by the three leading Japanese newspapers of the city, as well as by the Christian residents. The Advertiser says, editorially: "The question is, whether legalized and regulated traffic in vice is to be extended and more firmly established by official authority against the wishes of the public. While it is admitted that "Japan is committed to the system of segregation," the lively opposition to such extension, originating among the Japanese themselves, and apparently not inspired by foreigners, may be taken to indicate that this traditional policy will in time be reversed. The Expurgated Police Gazette. The so-called "International Edition" of the Police Gazette, which differs from the regular or "American" edition in the entire omission of advertisements of sex specialists and sex medicines, is reported to be the only one sold in Canada, Oregon, and San Francisco. The removal of the regular edition from the San Francisco news stands was brought about through the Committee of the California. Social Hygiene Society who explained the matter to the manager of the local news company. Similar influences might be effective in other communities not only as regards this paper but for the removal of objectionable periodicals from public sale. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Bridgeport Vice Commission. Report and Recommendations. Bridgeport, Conn. 1916. Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children. Annual report. May, 1916. Sex Education. Maurice A. Bigelow. New York, Macmillan, 1916. $1.25. Committee of Social Investigation and Reform. port. 1915. Re- Annual Report of the Committee of Fifteen, Chicago, IN THE PERIODICALS. Physical Training. June, 1916. Report of Committee on Sex Education. M. J. Exner, M. D. Public Health, Michigan State Board of Health, May, 1916. What would you have the college teach your son and daughter? A. M. Jones. Work and Passions (Editorial). in Journal of Public Health, June, 1916. Venereal Disease Control in the Oranges. Frank J. Osborne. Zeitschrift fuer Bekaempfung der Geschlechtskrankheiten. March, 1916. Zur Eroffinung der staedtischen Beratungsstelle fuer Geschlechtskranke Charlottenburg. Prof. C. Bruhns. Venerische Infektion und Alkohol. Dr. Hugo Hecht. International Journal of Ethics. July, 1916. Marriage and the Population Question. Bertrand Russell. Feminism and Sex Ethics. Elsie Clews Parsons, Medical Review of Reviews. July, 1916. Sexua! Impotence. Victor G. Vecki. 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 AUGUST, 1916 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venereal Diseases in England. The Local Government Board has recently issued to the Councils of Counties and Country Boroughs, Governing Boards of Hospitals and Boards of Guardians regulations, under the public health acts, requiring them "to recognize and carry into effect schemes for the provisions of facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal diseases." The Board requires that the County Councils execute and enforce these regulations on the ground that "the conditions of the present war constitute a case of emergency." The regulations provide that such Councils arrange diagnostic facilities for the examination of specimens submitted by physicians and make plans for the treatment of persons suffering from venereal disease and for supplying to physicians salvarsan or its substitutes. These steps are taken in accordance with the report of the Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases. Detention of Venereally Diseased Prisoners. The Prisoners' Detention Act in force in New Zealand allows persons committed to prison to be detained if suffering from venereal disease until they are cured of such disease, even if detention involves their stay in prison exceeding the term for which they were sentenced. A similar act is also in force in New South Wales and has proved a suc cess. So far as New Zealand is concerned immediate action is proposed with regard to the control of venereal diseases on lines similar to the recommendations of the recent Royal Commission. It is not likely that "notification" in any form will be insisted on, but that education will be the principal feature. Ample opportunity for bacteriological investigation of tissues in various centers will be provided; also ample hospital accommodation with special clinics for venereal disease. The hospitals will be under the control of local boards which No. 5 will be supervised by the Government. The B. M. A. has been particularly active in this. matter and though the Government will not go so far as requested by the Association, especially as regards notification, it is considered that the measures suggested by the Government will have the hearty support of the Profession. New Publications. The Prevention of Venereal Diseases in the Army, by Otto May, M. D., was first printed in the London, England, Practitioner in May, 1916. While prepared with reference to the English Army, its conclusions and recommendations apply with almost, if not quite, equal force to our own military service. Price 5 cents. Posted by Order of the Board of Health, a public health placard regarding the venereal diseases, their consequences and treatment. Similar to those used by the Oregon, California, and other departments of health. Copies upon request. A State Medical Association's Social Hygiene Work. The Maine Medical Association's Committee on Venereal Diseases and their Prevention, of which Dr. F. N. Whittier, of Brunswick, is chairman, in a recent report, outlines its work for the past year as follows: "I. Assisting in awakening the people of Maine to the dangers of venereal disease. "2. Assisting to some degree in establishing higher ideals of sexual morality. "3. Arousing parents to a sense of responsibility in regard to the sexual morals of their children. "4. Calling the attention of parents to the need of arousing in developing boys and girls a feeling of responsibility in regard to the health and welfare of their future families. "5. Assisting in awakening public opinion to support officers of sanitation in applying (Continued on page 2) modern hygienic methods to the control of venereal disease." The report contains also a study of work for the prevention and suppression of venereal diseases throughout the country and summarizes the arguments against the segregation of prostitution. It calls attention to the fact that the fifteen states from which statistics are available spent $5,849,000 for the suppression of tuberculosis and only $11,000 for the suppression of venereal diseases. The Association announces the founding of a fund to be called "The Prince A. Morrow Memorial Fund," the income of which is to be used for the promotion of social hygiene work in Maine along ethical and scientific lines, in order to create higher ideals and nobler living among the young men of the state. Bulletin Notes. The Congress of Reforms at Pacific Grove, California, August 5-11, devoted two of its sessions to a discussion of the Injunction and Abatement Law. Law enforcement and moral conditions in Northern California were discussed by Bascom Johnson of The American Social Hygiene Association; conditions among immigrants with special reference to the social evil by the Honorable Cleanthe Vassardakis, Consul-General of Greece in San Francisco; and the relation of the police to the social evil by Chief of Police August Vollmer of Berkeley. Louisville, Kentucky. The reports of the chief of police for the five months during which regulations have been in force forbidding liquor and music in houses of prostitution show a decrease from March 10th to July 10, 1916, from 174 to 160 registered houses and from 463 to 427 registered inmates. On May 2d, the following order was addressed to the chief of police by the chairman of the Board of Public Safety: "Supplementing our directions to you of December 10, 1915, regarding the recommendations of the Vice Commission, we further direct you as follows: 1. You will proceed against all Houses of Prostitution as disorderly houses which have spirituous, vinous or malt liquors in Isaid houses, either for sale or free distribution. 2. You will not permit any additional Houses of Prostitution to be opened or conducted. 3. You will not permit any girls, or any persons who have previously left the life of a prostitute, even though they have been heretofore registered, to enter a house of prostitution as an inmate thereof. 4. You will instruct all keepers of Houses of Prostitution that they must remove all musical instruments from their said houses, or be proceeded against as the keepers of disorderly houses." The American Public Health Association includes in the preliminary announcement of its annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, Octo |