THE PLUNKET SOCIETY.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1925, Page 3

THE PLUNKET SOCIETY.

The work of the Plunket Society, u'liieii was imiugurat.,l l.y Sir Frederick Trilby King, now Director of Child Well.ire, has received world-wide relognitioii. Il is generally admitted the New Zealand’s low infant mortality i.e., the lowest in the world i-, largely due in the system carried out by the Society. The work has spread to many countries. Ihe babies of the Lmpire Hospital in Loudon ■. xtalili.shed by Dr. King during the war, j.s carrying out the work on exactly the same lines a.s in X.Z. The aims and objects "I toe Society in: lude the following: To give accurate information oil matters allotting the health of women and children. Kspeiially to advocate and promote the natural feeding of infants: failing this to teach mothers to pieparo milk in -in h a "ay as to bring it a.s ncai passible- to human milk. To provide and employ nurses ready :;l any time to give advice and instruction to women in the home or elsewhere witli a view to (oiiserving the health and strength cl' the rising generation rendering both mother and child hardy, healthy, and able to resist disease. .

The work for which the Society stands is carried on by voluntary subscriptions supplemented by ."tale Ml >- sidics. •pile Plunket nurses’ services are Dee t , all classes not as a charity hut as free education. At the same time all those who wish can help the Society |,v donations or by hemming annual siilis. l ibers. The success of the hust„css portion is almost entirely due to untiring ell'ort" of the ladies on He' dit'event committee. The Nur-e in charge »f Hie newlyformed branch at Grey month is v.s.tHokitika on Friday next and w, leased to meet all those interested. U the Soldiers’ Hall in the forenoon from M o’clock Nurse Spring will l„. .dad to meet mothers and g" c 1 K 1 M„ial advice, md at 2.17. --‘ lock w.l oive a short addn-s when all interests are tnviunl to at torn!.