The following correspondence is published for genera] information London, April 25, 1922.
Dear S1r,—In response to your letter of May 13, 1921, the National Council would be very much interested to hear what steps have been taken by the Shanghai Municipal Council along the lines of the recommendations made by the Commission which visited Shanghai and was so courteously received by the Municipal Council in the Autumn of 1920.
We understood from the Gazette and this was confirmed in April, 1921 in a letter from the Foreign Office, that a telegram had been received from the Municipal Council of Shanghai, to the following effect "It is proposed to start, towards the end of the present year, a general hospital clinic, at which there will probably be special facilities for seafarers}; it is not, however, proposed to open a special clinic. Instructions have been sent by the Council to their agents to appoint an officer for Venereal Diseases; before _making definite statements, the Council await the arrival of that Officer."
We communicated with the Municipal Council's Agents in this country on the point but at that time they had received no official instructions with reference to securing candidates for such an appointment. We hoped, however, that other steps had been taken, and that perhaps a suitable nominee had been found locally.
An intimation has now been received from the Colonial Office that the Clinics for the free treatment of seafarers, have been established at Colombo, Singapore and are in process of establishment ud are probably opened by this date at Hongkong.
We should be interested to learn also whether any steps have been taken with regard to increasing the facilities for treatment for pri-
Isoners and for providing free treatment for every section of the European and Chinese population.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, General Secretary, National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases.
N. O. Lippert, Esg.,
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