SUMMER HEALTH CAMP
BENEFIT TO CHILDREN HELD FOR FOUR MONTHS [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] CKRISTCHUKCH, Tuesday The health camp at Rangiora, which opened on November 29, ended to-day. For a summer health camp in the South Island this constitutes a remarkable record. Over 220 children from all parts of Canterbury and the West Coast passed through the camp. Carefully-kept statistics show that each child gained from 21b. to 61b. in weight, and several instances were noted of children gaining from a quarter to one inch in height. The average cost per child per week was lis Sd, and 18,555 meals were served during tho four months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23000, 30 March 1938, Page 15
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105SUMMER HEALTH CAMP New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23000, 30 March 1938, Page 15
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