HEALTH OF WOMEN

Evening Star, Issue 14534, 9 December 1910, Page 4

HEALTH OF WOMEN

Tho monthly meeting of the Society \ for the Promotion of tbo Health of f Women and Children was held this morning, Mrs King; presidSig. Tho report of the matron of tho Karitane Homo was read and received. Three babies were discharged, leaving twelve babies in tho homo. The reports of Plunkct nurses were read and received. A vote of thanks was passed to the ; directors of the Eoslyn 1 ram way Com- \ panv for tho gift of two free passes f on their line for tho Plunkct nurses. / These nurses will attend at tho room daily from three to four for the summer months. A letter was received from Mr Wolf Harris in reply to the Society's letter of thanks for his munificent gift. He said: "It has given me great pleasure to be able to give it for such a good purpose, and I feel sure under the able management of your Committee tho institution is suro to prosper, and I hopo that some of your citizens will at some future date leave money to enable. you to enlargo it, as by what I hea? it has been up till now of very great benefit both to tho mothers and babies." Lord Plunkct wrote enclosing tt cheque to cover tho cost of further,' copies of the society's bock, which hrf mentioned had been in great- demand iif Ireland. Lady Plunkct was doing nrucH. of tho work of a Plunket nurso in thai Tjpor parts of the town of Bray. They/i hoped to start a nurso there shortly, ) and she thinks th;at the .work mllj spicad - ■^z&'T&i