Virility of Race.
NEW ZEALAND IN THE VAN. “The mere birthrate, figures are' ceasing to be- regarded as the test of) a nation’s vitality,” says Sir Arbuthnot Lane, in an article in the. London Daily Mail. “The nations are learning that quality is more import-ant,-also that the death statistics are more vital than birth statistics. Tested by that method New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Canada in that order stand easily thehighest ia the. world. The moral is clear. The peoples of thei dominions live nearer Nature-, both in, working and feeding. The whole world knows their high stanidar-ds of social welfare:. In addition to what -alert intelligencci and natural fortune have brought them, they are bold enough to- accept the latest teachings regarding heal tlu”
Sir Arbuthnot Lane enthusiastically cites the New Zealand Director of Health (Dr. T H. A. ValintinJe) respecting air, sunlight, sleep, exerdjsle, fruit, vegetables, and daily produce, and says that there is abundant proof that the same results could be achieved in Britain.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3713, 5 October 1926, Page 5
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