THE HEALTHIEST CITY

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1931, Page 2

THE HEALTHIEST CITY

| - SYDNEY THRIVES ON THE |. . . DQL E/ / y !

% LITTLE INCREASE IN ORLvIC/

* . SYDNEY, July 30. | " Although Syilticy 'i^'passing - through * one of the mostsevere periods of do l pression in itp histpry'," it is claimed' for ,* _. jt that it is the healthiest city for its j}a: sizpvin the . S|brp.;>' than,. that, 3;; theye ? ha* been: no -d^pjteaseyihh-cSrime, iv such- as might 'be esjphcted during.. su«?h a trying period.. Credit, '.jo? this., •> of affairs is given: to - the distribution ot 1 the. dole—the small Wmoupt paid 'yeehjy f to :’thpse • tvlio are' upeijTpioyed.; hi ;; V! * * ;• an for', the si?' months of the yeatythe •City Health Officer t'i)'r J. S, Purdy) laid it could tipt be <joutited that' ijhe dple system had madh : Sydney the >ealthipit city in m world. Sydney, fdd, ' should he proud of having the lowest, death, rpt e for th o : past tan yiars of any city njtb a of mote tjian 00,000, Tpf geniraf Vf te ; fpr 'the' ar.fo wa»V oply-: Wm- m asir. compared with 8,8 foi? corresponding period last! year, .'rhe .infahtil'e mortality w*j 44 0 for 1 tha .|ifc jnpnthSj'.u.■ compared with 46,9 ift 1930/; tf'Vhid -only to bring .rate down another- ’IS ‘\m -¥ r < fty rt P'.'s& KaaJahd; Iff :thlt. :'Fdfe;iy4r»,#a»4 X)\s oitU of flydniy ; bad : -%m hiH'ng selves, yi ls the hnife' |jid

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had ense4 not oply the wrong Hfnrt- 0? food ■ ijut too muph jap. The ration system had comp a* ;'tb e saviour of their;"*- health. '■ 'A$ allotments were rather srnaUji ’' the unpmploye had beeiifoblige|, td ’buy, not steak and chops;- iPlain bread gutter and jawj,|l aiid. *go i; got the. ifiosfy they dould fro^^beii'- coupons. ‘ not e^ing^f, 'for the physique fa the ian mpd shown Hbpt a meat'vdiet did ncjt haye-a bad effect; on |l»e of the nation as a whole. H%eyer,; there;, ■■Kpd ' been less gotzirigi .th?ib \yas-_a lor everybody : ’ than that the' bad eaten ;juptf v vjat they voiulii'get^^nd^heyfaddjsts. .had lost ihnuenc| ;ytbey. might .have possessed, J-r»t belieye: |n;-ifad-dista whbn it ’9ame to matters of.food. UverybJcjdy ;^a t a little of .whatever they: felt’lfke.. • ; -:j- , The; dole';has' ; a%' been : blamed- for reducing i the ;business' of ■:» the ppl ce courts; ; it; is out-of-work mail; is ,not driven to and ’ for t}st h’easbn' there ; have, bpen fewer gerlQija ’crimesthis '. year .< •; than an any ; landlords hpve almost given .%';the.’.id«a; of securing The eviction' 'ojti peopli who *do not pay their';reHt,i;:Bor't|x»y;.Hve -on; rent ff.ee, with ■ needs, and are.content to 'carry on from one d<# ;‘tb *• .waiting for eomethliig WMh ¥.’• iW { " co^* e * With ; le?« mbnsy: fewer men get-, dbnHi- mty m$ P •, cpim ■ p thatl# :b*> S are ,vj& • V;.