HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE
FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE BRITAIN'S REHOUSING SCHEME (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, June 18. Replying to the debate in the House of Commons on departmental estimates the Minister for Health (Sir Kingsley Wood) declared that one thing was certain, and that was that they were steadily gaining ground in the long and continuous fight against disease and ill-health. After recalling the favourable statistics relating to rehousing of the people since the Great War, the Minister said he recognised that more had to be done, particularly for rural housing, regarding which he hoped to take further steps at an early ciste. The recommendations of the valuable interim report presented a few months ago by the Expert Advisory Committee on Nutrition were being carried out, the Minister stated. Local authorities were extending the provision of milk to expectant mothers and to school children. The increased grants from the Exchequer were enabling them to do more than in the past and the improvement in trade and rising wages were helping to solve the problem of malnutrition among the poorest.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23222, 21 June 1937, Page 9
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