TUBERCULOUS CASES.
It was deplorable, said Mrs. L. Gibson, Labour candidate for the Hospital Board, at Brooklyn,. that tuberculosis should be on the increase in New: Zealand, where there was abundance of nourishing foods, fresh air,; and healing sunshine. It was, she under-! stood, caused by malnutrition, overcrowding, and lack <of fresh air and sunshine in homes. There appeared to be a definite correction between the increase, in tuberculosis and the wages cuts, dismissals,' and economy measures imposed by'the Government and put into operation by the Hospital Board, City Council, and Harbour Board. The position was serious enough to warrant the appointment of a full-time tubercular officer'for the Wellington Hospital Board, the institution of dispensaries- at the respective boards' headquarters, and the appointment of one and possibly later on two tuberculosis nurses for dispensary work. . '. ' ' . ;
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 7
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135TUBERCULOUS CASES. Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1935, Page 7
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