BRITISH CHILDREN

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1940, Page 8

BRITISH CHILDREN

WANGANUI CAMP HOME BRIEF SOJOURN PLANNED About 20 British children will be housed in the Wanganui health camp till they are claimed by their foster parents And taken to homes in the country. No word has been received, however, as to when the British children may be expected to arrive at Wanganui. Mr. J. McClune, of the Child Welfare Department, Wellington, visited Wanganui on Saturday and expressed himself well pleased with the accommodation available at the Health Camp, where many Taranaki children have spent varying .periods, for the temporary housing of British children. The children will remain for a few days till they go to their new homes in the country. As the health camp can accommodate only 50 children, some of the children who are receiving treatment and who are well advanced will be sent to their homes to make room for the British children and will return to the camp to finish their treatment when the new arrivals leave. Additions to the equipment of the Wanganui Health Camp costing about £240 are recommended by officials of the King George V Memorial Trust Board who visited the camp last week. The recommendations include more adequate protection of the camp from fire. Work considered necessary by the board's officials includes an addition to the laundry block, £160; wood-shed, £28; hygienic milk container, £6 10s; a washing-machine and painting newly erected storeroom. total £239. A new term will begin to-day, when 46 children from the Wanganui Education Board's district will enter camp for treatment. The progress of children receiving treatment has been well maintained since April 1, the average weight of each child having increased by between four and five pounds. Some children have gained as much as eight pounds in the six weeks period of treatment. i : 1