RHEUMATISM CLINICS.
TREATMENT FOR, WORKERS.
ESTABLISHMENT IN BRITAIN.
British Wireless. RUGBY. Feb 20 Queen Mary will on Tuesday open a special clinic for the specific treatment of rheumatism, which is the first of many to be established throughout tho country, principally in the industrial areas, by the Red Cross Society with tho assistance and approval of the Ministry of Health. It is estimated that. 16 per cent, of tho industrial disability in Britain is duo to rheumatic diseases, at. an annual cost, of £2,000,000 in sick benefits.
The clinics aro to be equipped with all tho latest methods for combating the scourge, ns recommended by a commission which has been investigating tho subject, in Britain and abroad. Apparatus for massage, special baths, artificial sunlight and other forms of electrical treatment, are to bo made available to the workers within easy reach of their homes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20496, 22 February 1930, Page 11
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