§ 101. Mr. PRATTasked the President of the Local Government Board whether he is suggesting to those local authorities who are preparing schemes for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease the desirability of instructional lectures and the publication of information; and whether he is directing their attention to 497 that part of the Report of the Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases where the Commissioners state that their evidence tends to show that the communication of disease is frequently due to indulgence in intoxicants, and that there is no doubt that the growth of temperance among the population would help to bring about an amelioration of the conditions which their inquiry has revealed?
§ Mr. LONGThe Regulations issued by my Department on this subject empower local authorities to make provision for the giving of instructional lectures and for the publication of information on questions relating to venereal disease. The Circular which accompanied the Regulations has drawn attention to the contents of the Report of the Royal Commission.