HEALTH CAMP.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15978, 21 November 1919, Page 5

HEALTH CAMP.

FOR LOCAL CHILDREN. Quite a new' departure, at least so far as New Zealand is concerned, in promoting the heiSll.li of school children, will take place in this district next week, when a health camp will he hold at Turakina. This camp, which is to be held on property lent for the occasion by Mr B. P. Lethbridge, will .be attended by about 50 selected children from local schools, and will be under the care and supervision of the Medical Inspector of Schools, Dr. E. Gunn. The camp will commence on Tuesday next, and will continue for three weeks. As previously mentioned, a health camp is quite a new feature for New Zealand, but in England it has been successfully established for some years. The local experiment, which is the first of its kind in the Dominion, will bo watched with keen interest by parents and others. Parents will not he involved in any expense'in connection with the camp. There are, however, many people who would no doubt he pleased to contribute vegetables, fruit, jam, etc., and those will be gratefully received. They should be left at the Education Board office, Avenue, by mid-day on M^pday.;