er that opportunity should be given
to medical practitioners to attend these clinics in order to familiarize
themselves with the most recent advances in this field. It would he an
advantage also if nurses in the course of their training attended the
female clinics, so that they might he taught to recognize the commoner
manifestations of these diseases.

The most disappointing feature in the records of the clinics is the
cessation of treatment by so many patients before they have ceased to be
infective. The following evidence was given in this connection:--

_Percentage of Cases attending till Non-infective._ Auckland Clinic: 80
per cent. cases of syphilis, 50 per cent. cases of gonorrhoea. It was
stated that no woman suffering from gonorrhoea continued treatment till
non-infective.

Wellington Clinic: 40 per cent. of all cases continued treatment till
non-infective, and very few of these were women.

Christchurch Clinic: Men with syphilis, 75 per cent.: men with
gonorrhoea, 98 per cent.: women with syphilis, 50 per cent.: women with
gonorrhoea, 14 per cent.

Dunedin Clinic: In this clinic only thirty-one males suffering from
gonorrhoea were discharged cured: thirty-two absented themselves while
still infective; three female cases remained under treatment till cured,
and six ceased to attend while still infective. Forty male syphilitics
remained till non-infective, and seventy-four ceased treatment before it
was completed. For female syphilitics the figures are four and eighteen.

It will be noted that in each case the proportion of women who attend
till non-infective is much smaller than of men, especially in cases of
gonorrhoea. The reasons for this are probably that owing to anatomical
considerations women infected with venereal disease suffer less pain and
the disease is less obvious than in men. On cessation of the more urgent
and obvious signs and symptoms they stop treatment. Again, it is
probable that the publicity of attending the clinics is felt more by
women than men. A third reason is the prolonged period of treatment
(often extending over many months) necessary to eradicate gonorrhoea in
women. These difficulties could to some extent be mitigated by the
provision of arrangements for women to carry out treatment in their
homes, which would avoid the publicity and loss of time entailed in
attending clinics.

The Committee were impressed with the value of the work done by the lady
patrol in Christchurch