THE WHITE PLAGUE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2655, 10 November 1909, Page 4

THE WHITE PLAGUE.

STIFFEN CAMPAIGN DESIRABLE

The Chief Health Officer (Dr. Mason) writes in the annual report of ihe Health Department that xy,w /ea!7|,a I 1-eens a front place m the i'ar against Consumption.. The Dommmn is How v but surely being provided with sanatoria, open-air shelters, etc. When tvwv hospital board has made provishm for its sick, it might be expected tint there would be a- marked fkcreaso h, the incidence of the disease. Iho We Sato Sanatorium still continues its bciieficient work, and he would be sorry - see its sphere of usehi.ness curtailed The expenditure at the tree-plant. camp at Kare-re has been most sue. cesstill; the only fault b&n g that the encampment was too - c ; m " ‘ , . ;i[ Dr Mason goes on to leinark . - I had hoped that this year tvouid have "e«n us Slide to answer in the affurnaPe the petition to you by the ‘cur«d women jritieuts. If the lot of the men ‘differing from consumption is ha. a, truly the path of the woman is often awful in its hopelessness. I d those who are poor and have lov friends A housemaid or a c*>f s;-in>.ke. norhaps dependent entirely upon uer £Ss. All* Cranl that ,> has been able to got early admiss.on to a sanatorium, and that she recovers, where can she go to earn a livelihood r It has orfiv to be mentioned, tnat ..he i. as c <>me from a sanatorium and her wav is barred to her former occupation. Some one, either tne central authority o- the several Hospital Boards, should provide a farm wliere such poor souls Laid work. If a place and sffilters were provided by the Government, the various boards would I am sure contribute The Nelson Boarci has already affirmed its willingness to do so. Until suitable work is provided—such as bee-keeping, poultry-raising. early llou-er-growing. etc.—for the ‘cured women. much of the goop done m the sanatoria and annexes will oe wasted. New Zealand (he adds; has done much to check the enemy, out she or her wealthy philanthropists must to more. V> have a chance m a small country like this to c-rectuasly stamp out consumption if -we continue- our efforts, but the campaign, hue aJ. others worthy of engagement, entails self-sacrifice.