THE WHITE PLAGUE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 December 1927, Page 5

THE WHITE PLAGUE.

EARLY TREATMENT. SUCCESS ACHIEVED. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) AUCKL AN D. Wednesday. “I really think New Zealand is keeping abreast of all the observations made at Home in medical matters, and that Great Britain is holding its own in most respects, and in some cases excelling any other country,” said Dr. C. C’oldieutt, of Auckland, who has returned from abroad. Dr. Coldicutt said that a great deal of active work was being done in England and Scotland in connection with tuberculosis as a result of enterprise of the Health Departments. He was particularly impressed by the number of tuberculosis medical officers holding positions in the cities, this being an indication that a very well organised campaign was being made against the disease. Sufferers were being treated m earlier stages than ever before, and for that reason much better success was obtained. Another work that hail been well taken up in the last few years, said Dr. Coldicutt, was that which concerned the welfare of infants and children and the instruction of mothers. Nearly all the city corporations had their own welfare* departments, generally with several medical officers and trained assistants attached. The instruction was mainly for the poorer people, and there were regular clinics at which mothers wore given demonstrations. Trained assistants also visited the houses. lie attended the annual conference of the British Medical Association at Edinburgh, and remarked that although much cancer research was being carried on, no items of special interest in regard to it were brought forward at the conference, and thc-re was a feeling that nothing of a definite nature would be heard in the immediate future.