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Download and Read Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth PDF by Margaret Tennant Full Book and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1922 the Wangangui Chronicle reported that a Turakina farm was "fattening more valuable stock than it has ever fattened before in its pastoral records". The "stock" comprised delicate and supposedly malnourished children who, since 1919, had been sent to summer health camps run by the formidable Dr Elizabeth Gunn. The history of children's health camps provides a fascinating study of attitudes and policies relating to childhood in New Zealand. [This book] charts the changes in the social construction of health and childhood. Extensively illustrated and enlivened by personalities and anecdotes, it contains a valuable case study of the relationship between the state and a voluntary movement over eight decades. Moving from the broad sweep of policy concerns to the day-to-day experiences of health camp children, it makes an important contribution to the history of New Zealand childhood. [This book] will appeal to all with an interest in the development of health and social policies during the twentieth century, as well as the many New Zealanders who participated in the health camps."--Back cover.