HYGIENE STANDARDS
Sir, —Dr. Turbott has commented on the backwardness of New Zealand in industrial hygiene. This is not to be wondered at when one considers the low' standards of hygiene among the community in general. A long lis+ could easily be compiled. Two only need be mentioned. Careless handling and exposure of foodstuffs and apathy concerning the fly menace. Much sickness must be attributed to these sources. Look round the streets and see how the family loaf goes home! We have accepted standards excusable perhaps in pioneering days, but not now. Some well-planned scheme for enlightenment and improvement is long overdue. The Health Department’s advertisements are good in a limited way. Little benefit has been derived from years of hygiene teaching in schools, for. by the time the pupils are able to do something about it, they have become followers of their parents’ habits.— Yours, etc., A HYGIEIA. April 15, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25160, 16 April 1947, Page 9
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