DEATHS BY DROWNING
LOSS OF YOUNG LIVES SCHOOL SWIMMING CLASSES (Special to THE SUN.) WANGANUI, To-day. Need for compulsory swimming instruction in connection with all primary schools where facilities may be provided lias been raised again. The statistics obtained by the Wanganui Centre of the New Zealand Swimming Association for 1924 clearly indicates that the lo§s to the State of valuable young lives by drowning during the summer months is very serious. The figures are enlightening:
The above figures do not include death by dro waning of Maoris or by suicide. When it is taken into consideration that almost all the lives lost are during a few months of the summer the position may be regarded as one requiring the serioiis consideration of the Government.
Year Males Females Total 1913 .. .. 147 27 174 1914 .. .. 156 24 180 1915 . . . . 123 27 150 1916 .. 142 30 172 1917 . . .. 126 27 153 1918 .. .. 102 28 130 1919 .. .. 111 18 129 1920 .. . . 120 30 150 1921 .. .. 109 21 130 1922 .. .. 102 20 122 Totals 1,288 252 1,490
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270628.2.182
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 82, 28 June 1927, Page 16
Word count
Tapeke kupu
173DEATHS BY DROWNING Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 82, 28 June 1927, Page 16
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in