THE FIGHT AGAINST DESEASE.
(Per Press Association.)
■; CHEISTOHUiiUH, June 15. \ *At the opening >■■ of the children's .ward,■:" the Hon. ; Jb'owflls, in the course of his speech said they must continue "the_■'■ Warfares against • cotfsiimption :with, steadfastness: ant 1, pertinacity/ conscious \that in the long run they would be able; to severely, "scotch." if not kill '.this relentless foe Of mankind. He. was glad to note, the distinct evidence •that the death rate, from consumption was declining in New Zealand, which gave fiiiem every encouragement to pursue tha campaign; He expressed pleasure at the cheerful, manner iii which the hospital boards in the Dominion were facing" the new responsibilities tinder the new Act and urged the necessity of base hospitals having subsidiary institution. He a^&o referred to the necessity for the Ohristcurch hospital district having the advantage of the services of a skilled bacteriologist.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12765, 17 June 1911, Page 5
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