SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE
NEW INSPECTOR ARRIVES FROM ENGLAND AUCKLAND. 25th February, j Appointed to the School Medical Ser- j vice as inspector of Schools, Dr. Mavis V. Zane arrived by the Mataroa from London to-day and expects to begin her new duties on Monday. She explained that her duties were in furtherance of the Government’s plan to raise the standard of physical fitness among the people in New Zealand. Her sphere would be in the schools, where she would supervise the health of children, with emphasis on the preventive side of medicine. She proposed to meet parents as well as children and to tell them what they could do in their homes to improve the general health of children. Dr. Zane’s appointment is for three years.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 27 February 1939, Page 8
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