HEALTH AND THRIFT

Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 4

HEALTH AND THRIFT

NATIONAL WELFARE SCHEME. A LEGISLATIVE COFNTIL DISCUSSION* [ (Per United Press Association.) i WFI-UNGTON, September 22. In the Legi.-iitAe Council tins afternoon, in ueeuidance with notice of motion, the Hon. Dr Colli: - -- moved:—“ That in the opinion i>f till lAum-ii the lime is ripe for initiating a < omprehensivc sy.hcme for the purpose of further improving the general wt Ifare of the people, the encouragement of thrift, and the prt vt ntion and early del cell on of disease. ' lie said he believed that the medical profession was prepared to do some form of national st.rvit e bringing it into closer coni act with the Health Department. He suggested, to aid m tlifi early detect ion ami prevention of drsetL=a thal every person up to 21 years should be .subject to examination once a year. Expectant mothers should be fully informed, on subjects of vital interest t.o them. Speaking on the encouragement of thrift, he urged that a man on reaching sixty years should get mtcre.-l on the money width ha heal earned for tia- Slate, The old aga pension was doing something on ihe.se iim-s.. He urged that people should be taught the value of money by encouraging a Innn of investment :u iirth which would prnviue something to tube the place of a pension in old age. Hi 1 suggested better education of children with regard to .simple dietetics and sexual itii.i ’ers. Sir Jo!,n Sinclair seconded ilm motion, cmi.hnsising the need for thrift and economy m view m 1 * prosperous tiim-s t oiain.g. Of the llt ret- agencies avail aide, namely, the Board of Trade, the poj le, and the Govt mint m, the Board ol Trade could no hj ast in keeping down hi;:!: costs. Ihe remedy lay mainly with the p/cr.ple who, while producing their ulmosi. should restrict their demands cm ike Government for expenditure. The practice oi individual economy was es.-’t mi ia 1. sou a Mart should be made with the paving off of the war debt. The debate- was adjourned on the motion of the Hon. J. B. Gow.