GOITRE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18016, 7 March 1924, Page 11

GOITRE.

T6 THE EDITOR OF "TIIE I'RKSs. Sir, —According: to the evidence in this morning's "Press." ft only needs the presence of sea-water in our drinking water to reduce tile incidence or percentage of goitre in our school children, from tiO at Woolsion to 14 «it Heathcote. If this is the case, it would appear to lie <|uite a simple matter to effect an improvement. Ihe interence is thr.t if we could convey sea-water to the Cashmere reservoir-* in the same proportion :\s it is mixed with -the water at I'oatheote we i-oukl reduce goitre to 14 per cent, throughout C'hrisu-hureh. 1 will leave it to experts to tell us how this conld be done, ily own crude idea is an dec-

trie pump ar. i'V- end of the New Brighton pier to convey it across country in aluminium pip?s or any mc-t'il that would not be affected by the saltwater. Tt wou'd cost something, but GO per cent. goifiroiß children will cost us a deal more in the run. It seems certain something will have to he done.—Yours, etc.. PARENT. March sth.