UNEMPLOYED CAMPS
BREAK-DOWNS IN HEALTH DRAIN ON HOSPITAL BOARD. (Per United Press Association.) NELSON, June 15. There arc at present 1000 unemployed from other parts of New Zealand in the numerous unemployment camps established in Nelson district for road making, gold seeking, afforestation, and hawthorn hedge cutting. The Hospital Board is feeling the strain of meeting the medical needs of the men. The chairman Dagger) said it was apparent that the machinery of placing men in camps was in need of overhaul. Men were sent often to cold, wet localities, not properly equipped. Some soon cracked up and came to hospital, and were a liability on the Nelson ratepayers. It would be a different matter if the men belonged to the Nelson area. It was decided to place the matter before the Unemployment Board, asking what assistance it would offer.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21981, 16 June 1933, Page 11
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