THE INFANT WELFARE CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2874, 12 September 1916, Page 3

THE INFANT WELFARE CAMPAIGN

Mr. B. S. Straus, J.P., in presiding nt tho sixteenth annual meeting of Virril Limited, held in London on June 2?,' stated that it was a striking tribute not only to the power of tho British Navy, but also in an especial degree to tho efficiency and courage ot the mercantile marine, that in tho peculiar circumstances of tho times Hie business of the country, with all its U-ast requirements, had been carried mi and so largo an export trado maintained. The improvement shown by their own accounts had extended to all branches of their business, including hospitals and sanatoria, public health authorities, in connection with, tho infant welfare movement, and the development of their home and export tracie. More than 1500 hospitals, consumption 'sanatoria, and clinics were large and regular purchasers of Virol. He was especially pleased to state that although manufacturing and_ distributing costs had risen substantially, they had, as a result of a record increase in their sales, been able to show improved results without having advanced their prices to tho public. With regard to the use of their-pre-paration by the public health authorities in connection with the infant mortality- crusade, there could be no questhe important part that proper feeding must play in the reduction of tho infant death rate. The universally acknowledged value of Virol, whether given to the child direct or through tho agency of the- mother, who > herself fed her child, confirmed the belief that in this connection Virol stood in a unique position as a national asset. He desired also to call the attention of the governing authorities of our great fever hospitals to the cousideration of the fact that theperiod.of convalescence might be considerably shortened by more generally Virblising tho diet of their patients. He felt sure that by this means very large economies could be effected in, the administrative expenses of these invaluable institutions, through whose wards such enormous numbers of children passed year by year. The reports and accounts were unanimously adopted.