PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
WELLINGTON SOCIETY FORMED. WELLINGTON, March 16. • There was a large gathering of ladies and others, including the Hon. G. Fowlds (Minister of Health), Dr Mason (Chief Health Officer), the Hon. Dr Collins, M.L.C.. a-nd other representatives of the medical profession, at the Town Hall this afternoon. The gathering wae held under the auspices of the Society for the Pro- j tection of Women and Children, and was held to further the movement inaugurated by Dr Truby King for the protection of infant life. It was decided to call nurses employed by the Wellington Society " Lady Plunket nurses." in honour of her Excellency Lady Plunket, who is taking such keen interest and an active part in furthering the objects of the society. Lady Plunket addressed the meeting, urging the need for improved fepding of infants and better attention to mothers and prospective mothers. Drs Mason, Collins, Young, and the Hon. G. Fcwlde also delivered addreses, the doctors pointing out what a large proportion of infantile mortality is preventible, being due to improper feeding and ignorance generally on the part of mothers. The need for a purer milk supply -was emphasiteed by most of the speakers.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 41
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