VD questions answered

308 VD Venereal Diseases "The alarming increase in these loathsome diseases makes it imperative that accurate knowledge should be given to the public and the simple facts frankly discussed." SIR WILSON JAMESON, Chief Medical Officer. QUESTIONS Why are Venereal Diseases a growing menace? Venereal diseases are spread by free-and- easy sex relations, and the number of new cases has increased by 70 per cent under war- time conditions. Because of these conditions and because many sufferers put off seeking medical advice, victims among the civilian population alone are at the rate of more than 70,000 a year.