DEATH MORE REMOTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 255, 27 October 1928, Page 17 (Supplement)

DEATH MORE REMOTE.

LIFE LONGER AND HEALTHIER j I FAOn UTBiiSD. !* . .. ! 1, if--1 ' ' i i ! EFFECTS OF SOCIAI. AND { SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. [ «KL. Tier® lias been as amazing transfcfnatkm in the' health of'the people; $k » wider, better and longer, aid <l*ih »ore remote," declares Sir fliotgt Xnrnaa, chief medical officer of the :i b tie' Sir Charles Hastings lecture, |mt published, he gives some remark•Me igurea:—-"Though the population M doubled, the death rata for England and Wales has been halved *y» 1888. Child mortality under five Jttn for London is about one-third of -?;.jM>,'lt was. The immber of deaths under ,PM» now 38 per cent, compared with 71 pveent in 1838. Expectation of life ht Wrtt has been extended by lZ years for toys and 14 years for girls. . "Health/? says Sir George, Siprings »» the domestic, social and personal «• ofthe people. It is, as the Greeks He fount of the more abundant V Scientific Spirit dWmuti- has been an enormoas extenof the conception of the State, and *,tts sphere of oration. W« Uw jjmssea the enthronement of the seienwe spirit. We have seen the discovert* 1W idence allied for the first tiqM *«<■ industry and commerce. Insurance yMt risks of every kind has eatywjMdte a truly extraordinary way, ber*™"g even a subtle international A We have seen an intenser humanity children, animals, victims of y w "i criminals, and all men snd in need of succour. "Why is life healthier than in the 14th cuiwjrf asks Sir George. is twofold — social and Elements of Htrttftien. has been the all-pervadingand FNMniißg effect of social custom y caste; of tradition and religion; «°eeupation and employment; otf eatsad drinking; of fashionsofdrew **■ personal appearance; of lecteationa •®4 amusements. •AH these daily occupations and •fceaities have played a large and jnipsrt in the creation and main'•■•nee of personal and public health.f fuhdamentsl problem of hesl(& |s |J» wms *nd scientific nurture of tte dements of nutrition for the body six in number:— l warmth, fresh afar and sunlight Piiiiliiiiiss, exercise of the body, rest. "It may be said that aost peopl« s*Jm_ia greater need of rast than oi