ADVICE TO GIRLS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1933, Page 2

ADVICE TO GIRLS

MARRIAGE WHEN YOUNG, PERILS OF TUBERCULOSIS. LONDON, December 24. “Girls' should marry early,” says Sir James .Ci’ichton-Browrie, mental and. nerve specialist. He-’ adds that young married women of up to 25 do not die of tuberculosis like unmarried ones. Referring to recent medical reports layihg stress on the increase in deaths from tuberculosis, Sir James, who is hdw 82 years of age and who married his first wife when lie was 25, attri* butes the fact that hundreds of young women wage-earners are suffering from the complaint to the existing competitive era, which represents a drastic change from the Victorian homekeeping era.

Typists, clerks, shop assistants, and factory ‘workers especially, says Sir James, are suffering owing to working at high pressure, often in badly, ventilated premises They have to turn out in all sorts of weather after a hurryscurry breakfast, and often contract colds, which they. neglect, while their meals generally are dietetically incorrect'.

Moreover, examinations, night. classes, home work, cinemas, theatres, and dancing prevent them getting the necessary rest.