CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 6 August 1920, Page 6

CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE

The Hon. O. J. Parr, in addressing the biennial conference of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children, said: "ii: you. wero to &ei> tho reports from the uohool medical officers, you would be surprised at the large "percentage of children whoi are suffering from bad tooth and all sorts of other diseases, duo largely to malnutrition and neglect in tho earliest years."

Malnutrition does not necessarily mean lack of food, but kick of proper food. Gerstcn-i—-made- from the oat —enta,ins all the GKientiaJs for the children's nr,>t aiioal. It makes bone and muscle, supplies natural heat to the blood, and quickens and energises the brain, thus fitting tho little "one 3 for a healthy life of work and pla.y. JJjothers, guard your children. Lt-t G-erstcna- niak.» thorn strong nn-d active- Get, a bag to-day.—Advt.