OVERWORKED MOTHERS.
PETITION. KY DOCTORS. IMMIGRATION OF SUITABLE GIRLS. (Per Press..Association. , ) CHRISTCHURCH, May 2&. A number of medical practitAsnieiss in Christehurch have. signed petition to the Prime Minister the urgent necessity that W obtaining more girle to Assist overworked mothers in the province. The petition states that th.fi, doctors who have signed it CQ\\W testify to the great injury caused to the health of these motto! by the difficulty or im- ■ possibility- of getting servants. This toes of healths not only shortened the lives of mothers, but reacted disastrously on tjie especially durmg tEeh' eariy /e&re, "when aS much care was required, They therefore felt it their duty to support as strongly as they could the efforts of the Ladies' Committee now engaged in promoting the immigration of suitable girls, especially from Norway and the country districts of Great Britain and Ireland. They believed such action would greatly tend to benefit the health of women and children in New Zealand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9224, 28 May 1910, Page 3
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160OVERWORKED MOTHERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9224, 28 May 1910, Page 3
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