PLUNKET WORK
SIR TRUBY KING’S HOSPITAL OPENED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 5. The Sir Truby King Karitane Hospital was opened to-day for immediate occupation, and Sir Trußy’s emulsion factorj' was formally handed over to the Karitane Products Society, Ltd. The Hon. J. A. Young (Minister for Health) reviewed the growth of the Plunket Society during the last 20 years, stressing the great mortality among children through ignorance by the mother of the correct methods of feeding the young babies. This mortality was now reduced from 88 per 1000 to less than 44 per 1000. There are now 60 branches of the society and 100 nurses employed throughout New Zealand, and Plunket methods were adopted in all parts of the world.
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Southland Times, Issue 20171, 6 May 1927, Page 7
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122PLUNKET WORK Southland Times, Issue 20171, 6 May 1927, Page 7
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