WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 108, 8 May 1909, Page 2

WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

PROMOTION OP THEIR HEALTH. The Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children held its first annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the Town Hall. His Worship the Mayor (Dr. A. K. Xewman) presided. About twenty ladies were present. The annual report and balance-sheet (already published in The Post) was read by Mrs. Walter Fell (vice-presi-dent) in the absence of the president (Dr. E. D. Platts-.Mills). Mrs. Fell mentioned that over a thousand visits had been paid by the Plunket nurse during the year— over 200 in one month. In seconding the motion to adopt the report Dr. Agnes Bennett spoke highly m praise of the Plunket nurse. Other medical practitioners could bear testimony to the value- of Mrs. Macdonald's work. The society was to be congratulated on the personality of the nurse, who did not only good to the babies, but to other members of the families by the interest she took. The annual report was then adopted without discussion. Mr. A. R. Atkinson regretted the absence of Mrs. Atkinson and Dr. Truby King. In moving the motion for the election of officers for the coming year, he gave a few prefatory observations on the work of the society, which he congratulated on a successful year. The motion, seconded by Mrs. M'Kay, was carried, and the following officers were declared elected : — President, Dr. E. D. Platts-Mills ; vice-presidents, Mesdames Ohapm?,n and w . Fell ; secretary, Mrs. A. M'Vicarj treasurer, Mrs. Etherington ; committee, Lady Stout, Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, Matron of St. Helens Home, Adjutant Duff, Dr. Hay, Mesdames A. R. Atkinson, Chappie, M. W. Richmond, W. Young, Holgate, W. J. Gray, Royd Garlick, Corrigan, C. M. Luke, Dalziel, Walton, M. Ross, and Miss M. E. Richmond. --x hearty vote of thanks to the outgoing committee was moved by the — ayor, who after some interesting remarks on the milk supply of the city (reported elsewhere) suggested to the society the advisability of arranging for lectures to young mothers on the upbringing of children. Dr. Bennett seconded the motion. At St. Helens they were able to send out mothers in nearly every case nursing their own children. To find suitable foods, in case the mother was unable to nurse the child, it was often necessary to run through the whole gamut of artificial foods. The motion was carried. A vote of thanks was carried to the chairman on the motion of Miss Richmond, seconded by Mrs. Fell.