CAMPAIGN FOR CHAIR OF OBSTETRICS
DEPUTATION OF WOMEN APPROACH MAYOR OF CHRISTCHURCH Councillor Annie Fraer introduced a deputation of women to the Christchurch City Council to discuss plans for a mass meeting of women to launch a campaign for obtaining the district allocation of the £25,000 needed to adequately set up the Chair of Obstetrics at Otago University. Mrs. Cracroft Wilson mentioned that the northern parts of the Dominion were already at work, and it was hoped to make a start in Christghurch with a mass meeting, to be addressed by Dr. Doris Gordon. Maternal mortality in New Zealand was far too high, she said, and it was felt that so far insufficient instruction had been given to students, and a first-class professor was necessary to undertake the work of instruction. Dr. Jessie Scott said that the mortality in the Dominion was, roughly speaking, about the same as that in Great Britain where alarm was felt and measures were being taken to improve matters. In this country the figures were 4.9 a thousand births, and there was no sign of reduction. She urged the necessity of more and better training for students. The Mayor agreed to give what assistance was necessary.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 902, 20 February 1930, Page 4
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