OPEN AIR HOME FOR CHILDREN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 84, 15 May 1914, Page 9

OPEN AIR HOME FOR CHILDREN.

The following letter liar been receiv- 4 4 -j f \ ed from. Dr H. Hard wick Smith, Weilington, in referenee to the - establishment of an Open-Air Home • for ,, ( -i ren, in Chrißtehurch: —"It pleased me greatly when I read in the daily pressthat I)r Blaekmore had suggested ; sL™. r scheme for preventive treatment"" for- • tuberculosis. lam glad you have all . entered bo entirely into the work. I ha-ve been trying to teach the sam& thing in Wellington. The Hospital ami Gharitable Aid Board feel with me that, it is the correct and rational treatment > '3; to- carry out. I .wish you every ,success in Chrisfechuroh. I feel sure that yoa> •"% and all concerned will be fUnply repaid when you see the goo,d results which - wiD naturally follow, when your home' *' for children has once commenced. .It' - saddens me often to see how easy .would be to prevent'in ! fhe\ young, if only we -Vb'ulfr ittvVe „ A valescent homes antVoperi ' : air^chob^ u - -*>; for weakly children. Go on • with ybi^**.'l'vi work. You Ixave my best -wishes, "ami rjl you. will have the thanks and 'prayers of -many parents,, and many children* L : 'M will grow up to thank those who- were ~ far-seeing enough to bring- this groatwork about." ' < * \-M ■ . -■ /;