HEALTH OF CHILDREN
IMPORTANCE OF DIET Dr. Violet Hastings addressed members of the Auckland Women's Brans! of the New ZeaJand Labour Party week on the health of children. ”** There were two systems of medicin. curative and preventive, the latter being carried out by the Department of Health, said the doctor. wj, difficult to keep the body free from germs, but one could escape disease bv safeguarding by means of diet, son light and fresh air By inculcating modern ideas of health into school children a healthy race could be proT duced. She stressed the need of en suring a diet containing the necessary vitamines for the growing child . The speaker mentioned the peonie of Denmark realised the importance for correct diet. During the war they were fed on greens, whole griin and milk and owing to this diet their country was scarcely affected by the epidemic of 1919. -.’.though sunlight was essential to health most houses and schools in New Zealand were so built as to prevent this life-giving *iil ment reaching the bodies A plentiful supply of fresh milk was also essential. The subject was discussed by the members and several expressed the need for improvements in design in any public housing scheme and the institution of a municipal milk supply
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 989, 4 June 1930, Page 8
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