CHRISTMAS HEALTH CAMP
CHILDREN RESPOND DR. HEYCOCK'S REPORT "The second contingent of children to enter the health camp at St. Helen's Home, just prior to Christmas, responded to the rest treatment and set diets as well as those who were in the first camp established by the Gisborne Health Comp- Committee," said the schools' medical officer, Dr. Ellen G. Heycock, to-day. These children were admitted to the camp on November 15 and discharged on January 3. There were 20 children in the camp before Christmas, but one or two were allowed to go home for the holidays. On the whole their conduct was good, tjne boy, however, being sent home before his time had expired. The average gains in weight, and height were as follows, the comparative figures for the children in the first camp being given in parentheses: —Girls: Average gain in .weight, 5.61 b. (5.81b.t: average gain in height, Jin. (3-16 in.); highest individual gain in weight, 111 b. (101 b.); lowest individual gain in weight, 21b. (21b.). Boys: Average gain in weight, 4.71 b. (4.11 b.); average gain in height, 9-16 in. (l-16in.); highest individual gain in weight, 61b. (61b.); lowest individual gain in weight, 3£lb. (21b.)
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19555, 10 February 1938, Page 7
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