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Kōrero: Sexual health

Venereal disease, 1910

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Venereal disease, 1910

In this report, published in 1910, a doctor argues that older boys should hear ‘a scientific lecture’ on syphilis. The prevalence of the disease, the serious threat to public health it posed, and the need for legislation to prevent its spread were all emphasised.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past

Reference: Evening Post, 1 March 1910, p. 3

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jane Tolerton, Sexual health – Sexual health to 1914, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/27201/venereal-disease-1910 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jane Tolerton, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011.