MINISTER OF HEALTH
OPENS A COTTAGE HOSPITAL.
RESULT OF EXAMINATION OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
ROTORUA. Last Night. • The Hon. R."H. Rhodes on Satin l -" day formally opened the new Cottage Hospital and Infectious Diseases Hospital, Dr Valintine bei.nr- present. La the course of a speech, the Minister said it had been represented that ' a Pluukot.nur.se might with advantage, combine Plunket work with maternity nursing . and! the .suggestion had met with the sympathy of the Department, and Dr Truby King. Another important branch of the Department's work wa,s the medical inspection of school children. He had just received the first reports of the officers appointed, -which showed that a grout deal remained to be done to insure tlio health of the children by preventing diseases in. early years." A fourth officer would shortly take up duties in the Canterbury district. It wonld come, as a shock to leara, that of 3343 children examined!, ..so large a proportion would need some .form or other of medical treatment, and he was particularly astonished to find that of the children examined! no less:than 842 suffered from some form of physical deformity; IS2I from obstructed breathing, and no less than 1917 from defective teeth. Though these figures must not be taken as 'representative of the normal state of affairs, many chiklron bavin eboon brought forward on account of suspected) defects the returns showed that the late Government was fully justified in making the appointments. Tn face of the facts disclosed, other appointments would probably have to be made to cone with the work. Ax leoards physical deformities, the recnt appointment of a, Director nf physical oxorci-seu <bo-j]d do a very creat deal to rectify thorn, as many of the cWeet* arc.preventive and nan bo rectified bv well-directed nlivsicnl ' The H--i. Mr Rhodes oxpro«so'T! regret at the absence of Dr Wohbu.-nin. who had dr.no such excellent wci-k gaining r> w<Hd reputation. All would a<m>e'~\vith him i'v honing that Dr Wolilwann wonld soon '-oturn to carry on the scientific work he had inaugurated.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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338MINISTER OF HEALTH Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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