The (high percentage of infantile mortality in the county was referred to at a meeting of the Carmarthenshire County Council. Dr. It. 1,. 'Thomas (Wliitland) said the girls «t their schools should be taught how to boil a potato and cook a chop and how to feed a child. There woe more deaths due to bad food in \Yv.es than to any other cause. The cn.nr-
man said he agreed it was a very important matter, blit they could notdiscuss it there. Dr. Thomas: You refuse to discuss the high death-rate in the county. It is more important to teach house duties than Greek end Latin to girls who will never have any use for such languages.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3652, 12 October 1912, Page 10
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117Untitled Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3652, 12 October 1912, Page 10
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