Note 630 — Chapter X · ABOLITION AND DISEASE
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Dr. Hoff points out (loc. cit., p. 8) that similar police assistance may also be procured by the health authorities in dealing with other contagious or infectious maladies. Practically, however, it would seem that the cases are not entirely analogous, since one of the main difficulties in getting control of venereal disease lies in the police association with the subject which has to be effaced. Moreover, the repugnance to publicity, and the sense of shame attending venereal infection are also factors to be reckoned with.