GOITRE CAMPAIGN IN SCHOOLS
TABLET DISTRIBUTION STOPPED (.Special to the ' Stahl’] CHRISTCHURCH February 10. Potassium iodide_ tablets are not now being distributed in the schools. Dr Paterson, Director of the Division of School Hygiene, has notified the Canterbury Education Board that it has been decided to discontinue the preventive and curative treatment for goitre which was carried out in the schools during the last four years. A report on the result of this tretto ment, which has been generally benflfe licinl, is being drawn up. The use of iodised salt is recommended to the public in areas where goitre is endemic. Individual sufferers from goitre are advised to seek medical opinion before they begin any form of treatment.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19280211.2.37
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
118GOITRE CAMPAIGN IN SCHOOLS Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in