THE COUNTRY'S BABIES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2973, 10 January 1917, Page 6

THE COUNTRY'S BABIES

9 Jly Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Palmerston North, January 9. I Tho Hon. G. AV. Russell, Minister of 1 Public Health, made some interesting . observations to-day concerning tho l- primary matter of tho preservation of a infant 'life. He said that one of the r most important matters which his DeQ partment was dealing with was a B scheme for the preserving of infant s life, in which work much good had ~ been/accomplished throughout the Dot minion. The movement not only ap--3 plied to infants, but also to mothers, f The Department Tegarded tho encdurr aging and assisting of the Dominion's babyhood as a most important matter. 3 The* Plunkcfc societies had been inter--1 csting themselves in tho work also, while tho Governments had introduced ', legislation from time to time with the 1 object of abolishing baby farming, and l compelling the licensing and closer su- (; pervision of homes, and in many other , ways, which had considerably reduced \ the death Tate an the Dominion. In ] this country 28.000 babies wcre > born r annually, and tho percentage which re- " ceived the Department's attention pro- ' 3 vided a huge work which they had to. e ' undertake.