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The Division of Venereal Disease established as part of the U.S. Public Health Service.

1919

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The division is supervised by the Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board. Part of its responsibility includes the regulation of detention homes for women around military camps, including women determined to be sex workers.

With the aid of the division, there are 227 treatment clinics for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) across the country by June 1919. State boards cooperate with these clinics to investigate the causes of infection, treatment, and the prevention of spreading STIs.