PLUNKET NURSES’ SERVICES
TOO FEW MOTHERS JOIN SERVICE "RECEIVE VERY GREAT BENEFIT,” By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. “It has been an absolute principle of the society that the services of nurses should be free and that people should not be urged to join or contribute at al|,” said Sir fcruby King to-day at the annual conference of the Plunket Society to-day., He was referring to a remit from the Geraldine branch that parents receiving the help of Plunket nurses should become members of the Plunket Society except in necessitous cases. “Year by year,” Sir Truby continued, “there has been a suggestion gradually accumulating in force that we should indqce more mothers to appreciate the fact that they are receiving a very great benefit and that at least they should join the society. Mrs. Barke, mover .of the resolution, has stated that of 132 mothers visited by nurses only 12 were members. Only 12 women had contributed 5s for the enormous benefits they received. I think it is an excellent suggestion from Geraldine.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 November 1930, Page 7
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