Section 6.—­Legislation required:  Conditional Notification (A)—­National Council of Women, View on; Number or Symbol Notification; Infectious Diseases Notification Bill, England (1889), Opposition to, Comparisons with Control of Infectious Diseases; Present System, Disadvantages of; West Australia Act; New Zealand Legislation suggested.  Compulsory Examination and Treatment (B).—­Department of Health, proposed Legislation, Contagious Diseases Act compared with; West Australia Legislation, Effect on Attendances at Clinics 17

Section 7.—­Marriage Certificate of Health:  Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases; National Birth-rate Commission; Medical Certificate; Statement before Registrar, Communicable and Mental Disease; Recommendation; Medical Practitioners’ duty 20

Section 8.—­Treatment of Unqualified Persons:  Chemists, Herbalists, Chiropractors; Effect of such Treatment; Clinic Statistics relating to same; West Australian 20

Section 9.—­Mentally Defective Adolescents:  Danger and Cost to the State; Supervision and Control proposed 20

PART IV.—­SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

Section 1.—­Conclusions 21

Section 2.—­Recommendations 21

Section 3.—­Concluding Remarks 22

APPENDIX 24

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Report.

The Hon. the Minister of Health, Wellington.

Sir,—­

The Committee of the Board of Health appointed by you to inquire into and report upon the subject of venereal diseases in New Zealand have the honour to submit herewith their report.

PART I.—­INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL.

SECTION 1.—­ORIGIN AND SCOPE OF INQUIRY.

A perusal of departmental files reveals that many persons and bodies have during recent times urged upon the Government the desirability of setting up a Committee or Commission of Inquiry to go into this subject.  The appointment of the present Committee, however, arose out of a suggestion forwarded to the Chairman of the Board of Health, under date of the 20th June, 1922, from the Council of the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association.  The Board of Health duly considered the representations of the Association and passed a resolution recommending the Minister to set up a committee to gather data and to make recommendations as to the best means of preventing and combating venereal diseases.  The proposal thereafter took concrete form, following the receipt by the members of this Committee of the under-quoted letter, dated 13th July, 1922, sent out under your direction by the Secretary of the Board of Health:—­