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THE B.C.

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LUMBER WORKER

SAFETY
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By JOE PAYNTER

Cost To War Effort Of Venereal
Disease ls Staggering F Fig

ough the law requires, in common with of nie Us? oF
dai mse Re et infection ie reported by ‘lane to
health departments, is now evident chan whereas the

if he had not been

ical Series have been fulfilling these legals re-

Browning machine guns with the] employee.

Oe i the first eee person cet po eases et ant to quinn civilian physicians have n mont
are 0 his feet, he would not have hye
studying ecome a First Aid i th fier 3 pate ta teers money it has had to spend on VD. bee in Quel
‘Attendant is to treat every inj ‘When Al had first fallen he had] comparable age groups ny | TH fe iss AND THE LAST le
as the worst that could possibly | broken his leg. The break in the| worse than corresponding civilian} It t that the incidence of| |
have happened. And to carry s bone was straight across, a clean | population. sonore ‘ad syhpilis in this war
atment on until a doctor has/} break. The two pieces of bone had Armed Forces situation as| iS very th lower than it was
been ees or the signs and | stayed per ara and eee ed iti cally is simply a the sn ie the st war one viees
ptoms s] ale injury to be|had caused no injury to the sur-| peqect: ‘be aint! aoe tion| #2 every six was infected with
of lesser Beioaia rounding flesh. w the noe cnn in Se cena ee either syphilis or gonorrhea. In aan
I well rem eee one logger, one | Call that a ae fracture and The ssful ana | this war in 1940, for the three ser- ‘atin
f the ies aide on the| the ordin of things such eimiation of mu ‘ous | Vices one man in every eigh
coast, who - © be a tough|4 break would ne all healed up in| inroads of venereal infection can| W@S infected and for the first six) (111
rather ane aa safe—and | six to eight weeks. ae aaa eS onths in 1943, the figure dropped 4
to-day he is a cripple. But when Al had been helped| civilian- orees liaison; by to one man in every 35, In f that
“Al, the Dude” as him| to his feet and tested the es mutual understanding of a words, the incidence of V.D. De eal “ ‘cl
when he was in town, was fast and ie it couldn’ bear his weight.| problem and by appropriate jomt| 1!) "#S) beem (cut im) Male PBB) TT ee real
tty on the load and smooth and|The upper fragment of bone had action. drop in the infection rate is due it is al
graceful on the dance floor. ae slipped over the bottom piece and| ARMED FORCES RATE to the improved treatment meth-
the Al of days is a fa splintered on end. These sharp, ‘The impact of venereal diseases | Oe ED SUB Se ee
zo the Al of to-day. He feels ‘t ui ted slivers of bone: were fore-] upon the Armed Soeur’ ee ss me oa in nore
eenly that in place of ‘Al the|ed thr whe injurin| owever, the actual number o}
Dude’ his friends n to him See orate ssl Seciaae ae of scam. gpio | C2528 has been increasing because ou ia
ss 'Stepandaal A Boe eee ete elles feeesed to Be [to tue bogies ae SE put prostitution out of busi-
ere-|a simple variety and became ee
fet a Site] nee a ot ea of gonorshea “and! avehis! Greenwell Heads — | oten ts vere Geena
Safety! When he was hurt it didn’t| fracture. And that’ orted 3,279 cases, the Army 23054| PQS twar Council nt ga ccar ae
Took as if anything serious could] Sometimes, with skilful medical | sna the Air Force, 708, Po treat unc tevence just reesguiaet ths Tea
possibly develop from such aj attention and care, such a genious this enormous 1oa ei a Announcement was made last aa a os 2
slight and common accident. He] break will heal up a OK. = ame one week by the executive ‘ot the In- a an OF aoe! a ane va on
eee ea eee fol a tewrsmcntics bu howe’ atten | ose cicada lost to, tealntig (oe ena ie anos Ce Re
twisting his leg under him. Except| than not, they don’t. Al's didn’t. aLaork = Cont ioEn haaanaee Re er bee of, the sabs tha survey. a secant
for a sudden sharp pain he didn't] If you do get hurt be a sissy! and hospital care is difficult to es- pointment of George Greenwell a Oye OO aes VD.
notice any particular sensation. | and forget about being a AS EKG Organizing Dir ct le was form- Wik tea atin’ nh
He did stay on the ground for| guy. Stay right where you fall| estimate of $1141 per day, includ- head: of ‘the \Co-operatitel sata as Aanee : pate Wi bi
moment rubbing his leg. The| (unless you are in the path of a hosptial expenses and traininy cational Departments ob eles (iain nae aaa vse
second-loader was right there and|rolling log or on the track in| costs, syphilis and gonorrhea cost| or + Department of Hele oy ae a! os nH ie Dominion
asked him if he was hurt. ront of a locie).’ Don’t move un-| canada the very minimum of $7 oe ae Seana Me. Greens | aunts tetas ae
leg was hurting, sure. But he til you are sure there is nothing| gos 794 z wn to trade union- ae taal at weekly
a tough guy and besides there was| seriously wrong. And when you| ‘time ost in training is time ul- i of ‘Br its Columbia, having | rye ao dpa Lat (si
mother truck coming. So Al had|do move—if there is the least| imately lost in action parva Reta Vis een infections, THGE® sVaeanem
the second-loader help him to his| hurt—make your move in the di-| interesting to consider to what ermen’s Co-operative, and has been ate bri cie!
et. rection of the First Aid attend-| \°0: the three services might have associated with Proregssive move-| 0f civilian data up to that of
wh stood up and put his Don't forget the comi a the presen coca Cans ns a Tele) Ue na med Forces oa de
weight on his injure own | doesn’t pay him for his good looks. | 5 of years. ee, te the cousin ofthe public with x 1Gi Eaiaieas
he went! And this time it really| He is there to help y aaa f a chie Greenwall, IWA member in| V-D. infection in the nation. It is
uct! He wasn't’ th te | eae antago cei his [nining “his, a TO THE WAR-EFFORT | the Lake Bata District, ann: inform the public at
ni He was mighty when | perience. pent eeaitaniy take an he pia which has to waste egular intervals of the problem.
they brought the stretcher from| chance of becoming another ‘Step- sv. 7 on V.D., could have PUr-| 654 sorn, Thompson's Sound) no te aoe
the back of the donkey, The boys | and-a-half e ee ui ste depth charges for|5.¢-—very good camp; everything| V-D- Problem is known and kept
could tell he was in lots of pain snubs Tacs is Sense... mney. The Army could) well taken care of and clean—90 baie befare the public, un-
Sent iieyepul lita ont a-strecher, weatis Satety? a com} ciel ely aun 32,000 | percent organized. ” | doubtedly sae - will
Atte years and six opera- infantry. with the $5, pe dares it had praesent pane ice the
tions, Al was released from the to spend on V.D. Airforce | — cer . | seriousness of the arate es, net
oenite'™ Ee) wast aylmuck’ wiser Every Member 1d have mecca “ont 7,000] 49 Soca oe and” only, one white] © Canada’s ort and
man. Get Canada’s homes.

The doctors had told him

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with the necessary tools of war.
These tools: cost money.

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