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Though flourishing as never before in Western Europe, the world's oldest profession is also continuing to take its accustomed toll. In Italy, the number of reported cases of venereal disease jumped from 1,679 in 1958 to 16,395 last year. In France, during five years of prosperity, venereal disease skyrocketed by 385%. The pros put the blame on the semipros. the growing number of young women who work days as secretaries or salesclerks (at wages ranging from $120 to $150 per month) and take to the streets at night and remain largely unknown even to the police. At week's end in Paris, women were flocking to movie theaters to watch absorbedly a new documentary film on prostitution and, perhaps, pick up a few pointers.