The shortage of doctors was referral •to by the Hon. G. W. RusselL He stated that a total of 228 New Zealand medical •men were on active service, and 53 wow doing full time service with the Now, Zealand forcea in the Dominion, Had tlie birth-rate teen at the same rate as during the period 1882 to 1880, by the end of 1015, W6 would have had 240,000 more people in New Zealand than wo have at the pie* sent time, said the Hon. Mr RusselL in the House of Representatives, when expressing the hope that more wooM be done in tho matter of establishing maternity wards throughout iiho Dominion. The shrinkage in the birth-rate, he ad<ded, was one of tfie most serious natters of tlie present day, and everything possible should bo done- , !ct>gt **••
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1918, Page 5
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135Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1918, Page 5
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