PREVENTION OF ILL HEALTH
(To the Edltttr.)
Sir,—With a view to an eventual approach to universal prevention of ill health, in December, 1935, the Health Commission of the League of Nations appealed to the Governments of the world to institute national nutritional enquiries among their respective peoples, with particular reference to expectant and nursing mothers, infants, and children generally, and inmates of hospitals, infirmaries, and asylums. Since that date, twenty civilised countries have adopted the recommendation—New Zealand (in spite of recent outpourings at Geneva) being conspicuous by its absence. Where are today's representatives of the old pioneers who made our land in years gone by the world's leader in social services? And, if in existence at all, how can they bear the position to which New Zealand has been reduced? "Content to follow where others lead!" is apparently our slogan nowadays.—We are, etc.,
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND. Onehunga, N.Z.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 8
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153PREVENTION OF ILL HEALTH Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 8
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