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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20630, 11 August 1941, Page 7

“In spite of the many other appeals, funds from the sale of health stamps and collections and donations this year reached the substantial total of £6010,” says the annual report of the Director-General of Health, Dr. M. H. Watt, discussing children’s health camps. “This sum, with the subsidy of £2 lor £1 to be received from art union funds, makes a total of £19,830 available for the maintenance of children. There is a growing appreciation among district executives and the public generally of the benefits which children derive from health camp life.” The report says that the King George V Memorial Fund Board, which is responsible for the capital expenditure, has contracted to build or extend existing camps at the following locations: —Auckland, Port Waikato, Wanganui, Gisborne, Otaki, Nelson, Christchurch, Roxburgh, and Invercargill. Negotiations are also in progress to acquire health camp sites in North Auckland and the centre of the North Island.