Vicious circles in sociology and their treatment . ^, uncleanliness, overcrowding, alcoholicindulgence and disease are closely interrelated inVicious Circles. * ^ Medical Report of the Local Government Board, 1909-10,pp. XXVII-VIII. - Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Sanatorium Treatment,p. 117. ^ Pulmonary Consumption and Sanatorium Treatment,p. 169. * Year Book of Social Progress, 1913-14, p. 434. Chapter jfour THE BREAKING OF THE CIRCIvE HEN disease is complicated by a ViciousCircle, the first task of the physicianis to break the Circle, to interruptits morbid gyrations. In Sir LauderBruntons wor
Vicious circles in sociology and their treatment . ^, uncleanliness, overcrowding, alcoholicindulgence and disease are closely interrelated inVicious Circles. * ^ Medical Report of the Local Government Board, 1909-10,pp. XXVII-VIII. - Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Sanatorium Treatment,p. 117. ^ Pulmonary Consumption and Sanatorium Treatment,p. 169. * Year Book of Social Progress, 1913-14, p. 434. Chapter jfour THE BREAKING OF THE CIRCIvE HEN disease is complicated by a ViciousCircle, the first task of the physicianis to break the Circle, to interruptits morbid gyrations. In Sir LauderBruntons words : If we can break throughthe Circle at one point, we allow recovery to. commence. The same principle applies to Vicious Circles insociology (Plate Two). No treatment will be ofpermanent benefit that fails to accomplish thisobject. There are, alas ! numerous quackremedies, doles, stimulants, narcotics, im-prisonments, which aggravate, in lieu of curing,the evil. Newsholme thus describes some methods of breaking the Circle which may illustrate a general principle : As a part of the Vicious Circle alread}^ mentioned,insanitation occupies a position against whicheffective action is at once practicable in every districtin which public opinion is equal to the effort. In-sanitation, including overcrowding, is a serious causeof disease, and disease in its turn is an importantcause of poverty. Hence by a vigorous campaign 26 lDiciou9 Circlee in Sociology? against the conditions producing disease muchpoverty can be prevented ; alcohohsm and con-sequent neglect of children can be diminished ; andchild mortality can be lowered ; and this remainstrue, although it
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