PLUNKET SOCIETY.
HIGH TRIBUTE FROM MINISTER. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 25. The Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Health, to-day opened the biennial conference of the Plunket Society. He paid high tribute to the work being done by the society, and said that he hoped the annual infant death rate of 1500 would soon be reduced to LOGO. The Government last year had to cut out votes for 19 other deserving organisations, but the Plunket Society had not been touched and he trusted that its good fortune in this respect would continue, although he hoped this society would not ask for an increase. The society and he were co-workers in safeguarding the health of the rising generation. The society was doing valuable work in preaching the gospel of health. The Minister also referred to the good work done at the summer school camps held for the benefit of ill-nour-ished children. Dr Truby King said that it was perfectly feasible to reduce the infant death rate from 1500 to 1000 a vear in a few years, and said that there would be far less need for hospitals if the people understood more about conserving their health.
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Grey River Argus, 26 July 1922, Page 7
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196PLUNKET SOCIETY. Grey River Argus, 26 July 1922, Page 7
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