PUBLIC HEALTH VENEREAL DISEASE CONTROL: THE PRIVATE PHYSICIAN'S INCREASING RESPONSIBILITY REPORT OF THE SUCCESS OF PHILADELPHIA'S COOPERATIVE PLAN

Since the report of the joint County Medical Society Health Service survey, conducted three years ago in Philadelphia,1 an active effort has been made to elicit the interest of the private physician in the treatment of venereal disease. The apparent success of the plan is the subject for this discussion.Any plan for the control of the venereal diseases which does not take into full account the medical resources of the body of the profession cannot be successful, except in part. This was recognized in the "preamble" of the purposes of the venereal disease control program as they might affect the private physician,2 set forth in the 1936 Washington conference and in numerous other statements made at that time and since both local and nationwide in their scope, California,3 Kansas,4 Michigan,5 Ohio,6 Alabama,7 North Carolina,8 Delaware,9 Illinois,10 Connecticut11 and