INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
GOVtitMMENT ASSISTANCE. Recognising the importance of . pro? tecting infant life, the Government is ' doing all it possibly can to assist the" societies that have J>een formed in the main centres to carry on this work. Alluding to the formation of the Associations, Mr Fowlds, Minister for Public Health, said to a "Post" repre- I sentative :— "Of conrse, the Govern- j ment has nothing to do with that be- I yond the fact that we give a subsidy I on the voluntary contributions that ' have been provided by the public for these societies. First of all we have appointed the local managers of ■ Industrial Schools and Receiving Homes to be district agents of the department ' for dealing with children nnder the Infant Life Protection Act. These officers are all ladies. We have appointed as- ; sistants to them to enable the work to be carried out -efficiently;, These as- i sistants are either trained nurses or ladies who have had special experience in the nursing of young children in some of the voluntary homes' in the' country." In conclusion, the Minister said he thought it was reasonable to expect a great saving of infant life ' as a result of the recent legislation and the work of the local societies. I
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1908, Page 1
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