INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
INFLUENTIAL MEETING IN ■WELLINGTON. Press Association. WELLINGTON, March IG. There was a large gathering of ladies and others, including the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister of Health, Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, the Hon. Dr. Collins, M.L.C., and other representatives' of the medical profession, ■at the Town Hall this afternoon. The gathering was held under the auspices of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, and was held to further the movement inaugurated by Dr. Truby King, for the protection of infant life. It was decided to call the nurses employed by the Wellington Society “Lady Plunket- nurses,’’ in •honor of Her Excellency Lady Plunket, who is taking such a keen interest and an active liart in furthering the objects of the society. Lady Plunket attended the meetin", urging the need for the improved feeding of infants, better attention to mothers and prospective mothers. Drs. Mason, Collins, \oung, and the Hon. G. Fowlds also delivered addresses, the doctors pointing out that a, lar"e proportion of infantile mortality's preventive, being due to improper feeding, and ignorance generally on the part of mothers. . The need for a- pure milk supply manifested by most of the speakers. • .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2141, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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