TUBERCULAR DISEASE.
NEW ZEALAND LOWEST DEATH RATE IN THE WORLD.
During the course of an address to tliei Hospital Board’s Conference at Palmerston North on Tuesday to discuss the taking over of the Pukeroa and Qtafci sanatoria, the Director-General of Health, Dr. T. 11. A. Valintine, stated that New Zealand could be well proud of the fact that it had the lowest death 'rate in the world from tubercular disease. As.'a. result of the active warfare -waged by the department and the hospital boards against the dread disease, its ravages had been materially restricted, but the good work had to go on and neither the boards nor the department could rest content with only a partial victory. They still had a virulent foe to light and, by co-operation between the boards and the department, a good deal more work could be accomplished. Quoting from statistical returns, Dr. Valintine stated that for a population of 935,001) the North Island had 236 beds f 0(1* patients, while. the South Island had 381 beds for-a population of 528,060.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40036, 7 December 1929, Page 4
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175TUBERCULAR DISEASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40036, 7 December 1929, Page 4
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