INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 9

INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.

<!.! - 'If- v » I'" ,r:/ ;f :v f; V, Tiiii t-cibo sußsrwri. : V The' Hoii'.'"G. ! FJ)«-lds; Minister' of. Publi® '." .lloaltli, ;ma<lq a ■ statuiiicnt 'to ii 'Dominion" reporter ypsterfay in regard to tho : financial * assistance which the Government has decided - to giVo. tothe' societies whicli ard. working ... in: difFeVcnt citjes' to sectiro moro hoaltliffii coiidifcioiis''f6r : '"child-life.- ■■ ■ •••' x The Minister said: "There has been- a " - movement started in Dunediii by Dr. Tnibj King ito; devoto spociai .attention to the food-. iugi;and:-treathiont.,of infants, and societies . have been . forrhed, -ns .a con sequence, in Dimediiij.Cbrist-churchj and Wellington. Tho Society,,for. the,, l'roboctiqn of?. Women i .find. . •Children" jviJl. probably ' take lip tho work in. „ -Auckland.-': The Government-' has decided: to . givo a subsidy "of ■ £I'for • £]. 011 voluntary contributions up to- £100. to', each of ' theso societies, : in order to" eoablo them' to eopa moroeffectively with the Important work • - •tlicy-'feavo'/undortakcn. It is hoped'by. this""; .means .t'o,' materially reduce thq mortality'of ' ;inj'an,ts; ( undqr,p.no.iycar,,. which is. Jarjyoly'diio. .• toj improper fopding. These. .RMietics. ■ aro,. arranging, for .tho supply' of .liu mtiniscd-milky•'-and-'generally for "giving Jiolp and advice :to : itho' narfeiits :of -very--youtig; ehildroin.v-I havo : • 110 •'■aouMPfthalPfall ■' the;-societies: irili'-'rafso''.- 1 - m'oro hy .; fvq!untan , ' :S o(foVt, ''"an'd '' ; w jIL tio.dittiilc'd >tho; ' of ff" tho-fsubsidy. '• / -Th6 money,- must, , lid"" specifi-; cally " work.. ia connection • .-.with.'• , iltfiint. lifrtl' 1