PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
. iThe_ first'meeting'of' the newly-organised • tommittee of the; Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and' Children washeld yesterday afternoon, when the following members were present:—Mrs.'W. 'Fell, ; 'who presided, Mother Mary' Aubcrt, Mesdarnes Atkinson, . Chappie;-' - Young, - and' M'Vicar, Dr. Elizabeth .flattsrMills, and' Adjutant Tweed,, of the Salvation Army. Materaity Home. ... '-.Mrs.' M'Vicar, was - elected hon: secretary of the pommitt«:, and Mrs. Chappie hon trea-,-J: surer. A letter was': received' from Lady Plun- ... ket. : saying. that ;6no; .of. the badges, to b6' . worn by tho'Lady Plunkotnurses was being : 6'eiit to Wellington' for' Nurso Macdonaldj who is the only nurse so far appointed by .the .Society in Wellington.Nurse, Macdonald has just returned'from a visit to the Karitar.o ' Infants' Home, at'Duuedin, whero she thor- . oughly "studied : King's mothods.'. Nurso • Macdonald'fis in*-attendance every Monday • .and Thursday morning at 119 Willis Street, but it' is/probable that the'more important part of her work'will be done at the homes of sickly -infants.. l She is ready on these days to be consulted by mothers who bring their to her, and 'equally ready to visit-any home in any part of .the town where a mother requires her advice for herself or infant. Nurse Macdonald can now be communicated with by telephone. ' Tho . Socicty. acknowledges receipt' of subscriptions .of'ss; from Mesdames Fell. Water-' field, andi'Atkinson, .and from " A Friend."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 174, 16 April 1908, Page 3
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