A Philanthropic Work
DUNEDIN, September 30.
It is three years to-day since the late Premier, Mr Seddon, opened the St. Helens Hospital at Dunedin. The number of births during the above period ,is 549, and the deaths have averaged only about one per cent. Only one mother has died during the three years, and this death was due to organic trouble, apart from child bearing. Forty-one women have gone back for a second confinement, and one has been three tftnes a patient. Eight nurses are now in training, and 66 cases were treated in their own homes.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12581, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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97A Philanthropic Work Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12581, 30 September 1908, Page 7
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