PLUNKET CAMPAIGN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6666, 20 July 1928, Page 11

PLUNKET CAMPAIGN

NO EXPENSE IS TOO GREAT- .. - - TO §AVE THE BABIES A leading'dentist has expressed th* following emphatic opinion on tho wori of the Plunket Society for the improve ment of the ’ tcc’th : of 'the -nation:— “Dental disease is:;one,of the most serious handicaps from; the point of view of health, happiness,, and efficiency from which-tho children' of to-day are, suffering. , ■'■ - ■' y ' : “It 4s now recognised by authorities that in pre-natal diet and pre-school diet lies the only hope of abating this national', scourge.* Oorrcct hygiene during these periods;-plus reasonable' care' in after life, would prevent dental disease, thus, removing the cause of many other diseases, and vastly increasing'the national physique and efficiency . • j '•/ “One of the most effective ways of teaching the young mothers and prospective mothers- of tho Dominion is through the Plunket nurses. These nurses have already gained the confidence and respect of' the public, and

where Government pamphlets will go unheeded attention will bo paid’, to the advice of. these nurses. i , . ‘‘The PlunketSocicty has niade -N'ew Zealand fanious in regard to-the’ savihg of'infant lifej and it will be; a splendid', thing if it can do much mord-than it has done in the past.to assist;.iniMsl prevention of dental and. other disease which has become so common that its seriousness is often disregarded. “Therefore, we send, out this most urgent appeal to parents,, and othera’ in- ; forested in : this magnificent work,| to : help, now with a donation, even ever so • small, to erect, equip,' and furnish 'the i new building for the Palmerston North Plunket Society. 1 , i “One shilling will buy ten bricks; ; there will be 400,000 bricks needed for i the building. Why not ; bo the proud i possessor of at least .210 bricks in the . building?” 1 ■