CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 163

House of Cormons,

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5.7.1.

Dear Mr. Thoraas,

You are probably aware that considerable uneasiness has been aroused by reports of unsatisfactory conditions relating to social hygiene in the British Crown Colonies, particularly in Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

Feeling that it is not altogether desri-ble to raise technical matters of this kind by Parliamentary questions in the House of Commons, we should much appreciate it if you would allow us to meet you no small deputation, to lay before you proposals which, if adopted, would, we think, tend

to allay public uneasiness, and which might also be of expert

opinion.

The aspects of social hygiene to which we specially

refer are:- provision for maternity and infant welfare;

the position of the Hui toni; facilities for the trotment

of tuberculosi■; the system of tolerated brothels and vice

ATORU: the policy towards venereal diseases and foollitics

for their affective treatment.

Yours sinoerely,

The Rt. Hon.J.!!. Thomas,

.P.

Wachappent

Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, 8.W.1.