VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL

Abstract

VENEREAL DISEASE MORBIDITY is increasing in many states, and high percentages of teenagers are involved. The greatest percentage increase in 1959 was among children of the junior high school age group, 10to 14-year-olds. More than half the 240,000 patients with infectious venereal disease reported in 1959 were aged 15 to 24. The increase, particularly in early syphilis morbidity, has been steady since 1954, and there is no indication that the trend is changing. Fiftythree percent more infectious syphilis was reported in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, than was reported in the previous fiscal year. Most of this increase occurred in